SECTION 35K

1) The High Court or the Supreme Court hearing any such case shall decide the question of law raised therein and shall deliver its judgment thereon containing the grounds on which such decision is founded and a copy of the judgment shall be sent under the seal of the Court and the signature of the Registrar to the Appellate Tribunal which shall pass such orders as are necessary to dispose of the case in conformity with such judgment.

(1A) Where the High Court delivers a judgment in an appeal filed before it under section 35G,effect shall be given to the order passed on the appeal by the concerned Central Excise Officeron the basis of a certified copy of the judgment.

(Sub-Section (1A) has been inserted vide Finance Bill 2003 with effect from the 1st day of July, 2003)

(2) The costs of any reference to the High Court or an appeal to the High Court or the Supreme Court, as the case may be [OLD - reference to the High Court or the Supreme Court ], which shall not include the fee for making the reference, shall be in the discretion of the Court.

(Sub-Section (2) Bold words has been substituted vide Finance Bill 2003)