Shri Anoop Thapar, Director vs Cce, Ludhiana on 19 May, 2014
In this judgment Honble Gujarat High Court also considered the contrary view expressed by Honble Punjab & Haryana High Court in the case of Shree Bhagwati Steel Rolling Mills vs. Commissioner reported in 2007 (207) E.L.T. 58 (P&H) and relying upon the Apex Court judgment in the case of Rayala Corporation (P) Ltd. vs. Director of Enforcement reported in AIR 1970 SC 494 held that the view expressed by Honble Punjab & Haryana High Court in the case of Shree Bhagwati Steel Rolling Mills vs. Commissioner (supra) is not correct. In view of this judgment of Honble Gujarat High Court, the impugned order upholding the duty demand against M/s Thapar Concast Ltd. alongwith interest, imposing penalty on them and also imposing penalty on Shri Anoop Thapar, Director M/s Thapar Concast Ltd. and ordering confiscation of the goods seized from M/s Thapar Concast Ltd. would not be sustainable and hence the same is set aside.