{"id":254937,"date":"2011-06-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/commissioner-vs-whether-the-cestat-on-23-june-2011"},"modified":"2017-12-13T23:35:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T18:05:46","slug":"commissioner-vs-whether-the-cestat-on-23-june-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/commissioner-vs-whether-the-cestat-on-23-june-2011","title":{"rendered":"Commissioner vs Whether The Cestat on 23 June, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Commissioner vs Whether The Cestat on 23 June, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Akil Kureshi, Gokani,<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nTAXAP\/2509\/2010\t 1\/ 1\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nTAX\nAPPEAL No. 2509 of 2010\n  \n=========================================================\n\n \n\nCOMMISSIONER\nOF CUSTOMS KUTCH COMMISSIONERATE - Appellant(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nNITISH\nP SHAH DIRECTOR - EURO MERCHANDISE - Opponent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\n \nAppearance\n: \nMS\nAMEE YAJNIK for\nAppellant(s) : 1, \nNone for Opponent(s) :\n1, \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE AKIL KURESHI\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nand\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMS JUSTICE SONIA GOKANI\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 23\/06\/2011 \n\n \n\n \n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">(Per<br \/>\n: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE AKIL KURESHI)<\/p>\n<p> \tTax<br \/>\nAppeal is admitted for consideration of following question of law :\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">Whether the CESTAT<br \/>\nwas right in allowing the appeal by setting aside the order of the<br \/>\nCommissioner while holding that the demands were barred by limitation<br \/>\nand consequently setting aside the order of confiscation and<br \/>\nimposition of penalty on the respondent?&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_2\">To be heard with<br \/>\nTax Appeal No.517\/2010.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_3\">(Akil<br \/>\nKureshi,J.)<\/p>\n<p>(Ms.Sonai<br \/>\nGokani,J.)<\/p>\n<p>(raghu)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Commissioner vs Whether The Cestat on 23 June, 2011 Author: Akil Kureshi, Gokani, Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print TAXAP\/2509\/2010 1\/ 1 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD TAX APPEAL No. 2509 of 2010 ========================================================= COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS KUTCH COMMISSIONERATE &#8211; 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