Cross-Examination Necessary For Arriving At Fair Trial, It Is Not Whims Of Adjudicating Authority To Allow Or Reject Request: CESTAT

The Ahmedabad bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that cross-examination is necessary for arriving at a fair trial.The bench of Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) and Raju (Technical Member) has observed that, as per Section 9D of the Central Excise Act, it is not the whims of the adjudicating authority to allow or reject the request...