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Dear Professional Colleagues,
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Greetings of the Day !
The Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs has issued a Public Notice 01/2022 dated December 13, 2022, regarding the
constitution of Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax Settlement Commission
Benches at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata.
Background
- The four benches of the
Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax Settlement Commission, situated at
Delhi (Principal Bench), Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai were lacking Quorum
since December 08, 2019.
- On April 07, 2022, a
grievance was raised in the case of Yashpal Singh Vs Union of India [W.P.(C) 5757/2022] (Delhi High Court) with regard to the non-appointment
of ‘member’ in the various Benches of the Settlement Commission in
terms of Section 32 of the Central Excise Act, 1944. In the aforesaid case
the following directions were issued by Delhi High Court :
Ø The process of appointment of Chairman and one Member for the Principal
Bench at Delhi and appointment of Vice-Chairman and one Member for the
Additional Bench at Mumbai was to be completed within six weeks.
Public notice
In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 32 A (4) of the
Central Excise Act, 1944, the Competent Authority have constituted the benches
in the Commission as under :
S.No.
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Bench
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Members (Sh.)
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1
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Principal Bench,
New Delhi
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i)
Sandeep Kumar, Chairman
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Alok Tewari, Member
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2
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Additional Bench,
Chennai
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i)
Sandeep Kumar, Chairman
ii)
Alok Tewari, Member
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3
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Additional Bench,
Mumbai
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i)
Alok Tewari, Member (Presiding Officer)
ii)
Hitesh Ajit Shah, Member
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4
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Additional Bench,
Kolkata
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i)
Alok Tewari, Member (Presiding Oficer)
ii)
ii) Hitesh Ajit Shah, Member
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AMRG Team
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