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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> </head> <body> <div style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:12px; text-align:justify"> <table width="800" border="0" style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px;" align="center" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <br /> Ministry of Finance <br /><br /> Withdrawal of Central Excise cases older than 15 years<br /><br /> MANU/EXCR/0005/2016 - (29 Feb 2016)<br /><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#FDEDCE"><strong>The Central Board of Excise and Customs approved filing of applications by the Department to withdraw cases from prosecution. Cases must be pending for over 15 years and where Central Excise duty escaped is less than Rs. 5 lakhs. Though the Department retains the right to apply for withdrawal of cases, discretions rests with the court in the final determination of whether the particular case can be withdrawn.</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Relevant : Revised monetary limits for arrest in Central Excise and Service Tax <manuid>MANU/EXCR/0017/2015</manuid></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Tags : reducing litigation, pending cases, quantum</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <!--<td><strong>Source : <a target="_new" href="http://www.manupatrafast.com/">newsroom.manupatra.com</a></strong></td>--> <td align="left" valign="top"><strong>Source : newsroom.manupatra.com</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Regards</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Team Manupatra</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>