{"id":135569,"date":"2007-08-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/commissioner-of-c-ex-and-cus-vs-lion-security-services-on-17-august-2007"},"modified":"2018-05-21T08:48:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T03:18:42","slug":"commissioner-of-c-ex-and-cus-vs-lion-security-services-on-17-august-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/commissioner-of-c-ex-and-cus-vs-lion-security-services-on-17-august-2007","title":{"rendered":"Commissioner Of C. Ex. And Cus. vs Lion Security Services on 17 August, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Bombay High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Commissioner Of C. Ex. And Cus. vs Lion Security Services on 17 August, 2007<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 2008 9 S T R 529<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: F Rebello, D Bhosale<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p>1. The appeal is admitted on the questions of law as formulated in Paragraph 4 of the Appeal memo.<\/p>\n<p>2. We find that considering Section 76 of the Central Excise Act read with Section 80, the authority has discretion to interfere with the penalty imposed. Once the discretion had been exercised and no arbitrariness is pointed out, it will not be possible for this Court to interfere.<\/p>\n<p>3. In the instant case, we find no case for Interference. Hence, the appeal is dismissed.\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bombay High Court Commissioner Of C. Ex. And Cus. vs Lion Security Services on 17 August, 2007 Equivalent citations: 2008 9 S T R 529 Bench: F Rebello, D Bhosale ORDER 1. The appeal is admitted on the questions of law as formulated in Paragraph 4 of the Appeal memo. 2. 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