CAT Cuttack Imposes ₹20,000 Cost on CBIC for Non-Compliance of Tribunal’s Order

Deepak Niranjan Nath Pandit Vs Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) (CAT Cuttack) The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Cuttack Bench, imposed a cost of ₹20,000 on the Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) for failure to comply with its earlier directions and for not appearing despite being specifically directed to do so. The case arose from an earlier order dated 12 September 2025, in which the Tribunal had directed the respondents to either submit a full compliance report or produce a stay order from the Hon’ble High Court. It was clearly...