Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. Solar Pesticides Pvt. Ltd. Etc.

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Reported as [2000] 1 S.C.R. 629
Decided 4 February 2000

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the High Court has not correctly interpret.:d the relevant provisions of the Customs Act and, in our opinion, the principle of unjust enrichment incorporated in Section 27 of the Act would be applicable in respect of imported raw material and captively consumed in the manufacture of a final product.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Customs Act, 1962, ss.27(2) provisos (a) to (c), r/w 28 and 28 [)--Doctrine of Unjust Enrichment-Whether applicable in relpect of raw material imported and captively consumed in the manufacture of a fmal product-Held, principle of unjust enrichment would be applicable in respect of imported raw material captively consumed in the manufacture of a final product. c Customs Act, 1962, s.27( Jt-"incidence of such duty"-ln relation to its being passed on to another person would take it within its ambit not only the passing of the duty directly but also indirectly. The respondent imported copper

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