Supreme Court of India

Triveni Chemicals Ltd. v. Union of India and Anr.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 10 S.C.R. 1197
Bench S.B. Sinha and Markandey Ka Tju JJ.
Decided 15 December 2006

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the High Court was not correct in opining that the appellant was bound to prove that C the incidence of duty was not passed on to its customers.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Central Excise Act, 1944-Section 1 I (As amended by Central Excise and Customs Laws (Amendment) Act, 1991)-Refund of excise duty-Plea of unjust enrichment raised by the claimant before the original as well as appellate authorities-After order for refund from judicial side, demand of refund from administrative side-Denial of refund on the ground that it was for the claimant to prove that the burden of duty had been passed on to the customers relying on Amendment Act-Held: Claimant was entitled to refund­ Provisions of Section 1 I as inserted by Amending Act would not be applicable to

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