Supreme Court of India

State of Up through Secretary (excise) & Ors. v. M/s Mcdowell and Company Limited

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Reported as [2022] 3 S.C.R. 899
Bench A. M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshw Ari and Krishna Murari JJ.
Decided 5 January 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, this appeal is allowed; the impugned orders dated 10.04.2017 in Misc.

Judgment, page 63

From the headnote

Uttar Pradesh Excise Act, 1910: Uttar Pradesh Excise Manual – Uttar Pradesh Bottling of Foreign Liquor Rules, 19 69 – In the instant case, fire incident took place in godown of distill ery of the respondent company in which liquor got destroyed – Excise Department raised demand of excise duty on the liquor d estroyed from the respondent company – Whether the demand in question is authorised by law – Held: s.19 of the Act 1910 stat es that no intoxicant can be removed from the distillery unles s duty leviable thereupon has been paid – Liquor that was lying stored in the bond ed warehouse had

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