Penalty under Rule 96 ZP of Central Excise Rules not
2. Admittedly, in the present case penalty was imposed under Rule 96 ZP of the Central Excise Rules. The said rule has now been struck down by the Supreme Court of India in the judgment in Shree Bhagwati Steel Rolling Mills v. Commissioner of Central Excise (2016) 3 SCC 643, where in para 39 it was held as under:
