Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Central Excise, Madras v. M/s. Addison & Co. Ltd.

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Reported as [2016] 9 S.C.R. 591
Bench Anil R. Dave, Amitava Roy and L. Nageswara Rao JJ.
Decided 29 August 2016

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above find in gs, the judgment of the High Court is liable to be set aside.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Central Excise Act, 1944: s.11- and its proviso - Refund - Unjust enrichment - Refund claim in respect of turnover discount on the basis of credit notes - Maintainability of - Held: Maintainable - Turnover discount shall not be disallowed only because they are not payable at the time of each invoice - ·However, assessee who did not bear the burden of the duty, though entitled to claim deduction on the basis of credit notes raised ·by him towards turnover disCXJunt is not entitled for refund as he would be unjustly enriched. s.ll- (2), proviso - Word 'buyer' - Connotation of- Held: plain

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