Clandestine removal - reliance on statement of the workers/ ...

Worker Statements on Clandestine Removal Require Examination Under Central Excise Act Section 9D for Evidence Admission.

September 14, 2023

Case Laws Central Excise AT

Clandestine removal - reliance on statement of the workers/ employees - Any statement recorded under Section 14 of the Central Excise Act could be admitted in evidence only after the process of examination and cross examination is completed under Section 9D. For undertaking this exercise, it is not necessary that a person should have retracted from his statement. If the argument of the Adjudicating Authority is accepted, then the provisions of Section 9D would become otiose. This cannot be the intention of the legislature. - AT

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Clandestine removal - reliance on statement of the workers/ ...

Worker Statements on Clandestine Removal Require Examination Under Central Excise Act Section 9D for Evidence Admission.

September 14, 2023

Case Laws Central Excise AT

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