CESTAT warns Assistant Commissioner of Customs for collecting penalty without furnishing order copy to Appellant

K.J. Associates Vs Commissioner of Customs (CESTAT Bangalore)

In the present case, the Assistant Commissioner of Customs passed the order on 05.10.2020 but did not provide the copy of the same to the appellant in spite of the best efforts of the appellant to get the copy. Further the Assistant Commissioner issued the said order only on 11.11.2020 as stated in the order itself, which means after more than one month and in the meantime compelled the appellant to deposit the penalty amount which was deposited by the appellant on 06.10.2020 even without the

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