SC ask govt steps they will take to stop habitual delay in appeal filing

C.C.E. And S.T. Vs Bilfinder Neo Structo Contruction Ltd. (Supreme Court) 1. There is a delay of 536 days in filing the appeal against the order of the Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal. Repeatedly, it has come to the notice of this Court that appeals in revenue matters involving indirect taxation are being filed with a gross delay. 2 In the present case, the submission which has been urged before the Court by Mr S A Haseeb, learned counsel, is that there was some mis-apprehension on the part of the Commissionerate as a result of which the appeal was filed before the Gujarat Hi...