Clandestine removal based on mere third party documents is invalid

Recon Steel & Power Private Ltd. Vs Principal Commissioner, Central Tax, Central Excise & Customs (CESTAT Delhi) Since the sole challenge to the order is its reliance upon third party evidence, it is necessary to check the evidentiary value of the third party The relevant case law in the case of Bajrangbali Ingots & Steel Pvt. Ltd. & Suresh Agarwal vs. CCE, Raipur in Appeal No. E/52062 & 52066/2018 heard on 16.11.2018, which is held as follows:- “9. The law i.e. as to whether the third party records can be adopted as an evidence for arriving at the findings of clandes...