Supreme Court of India

Commissioner, Central Excise and Customs and Another v. M/s Reliance Industries Ltd.

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Reported as [2023] 9 S.C.R. 1286
Bench Krishna Murari and Bela M. Trivedi JJ.
Decided 4 July 2023

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What the Court ordered

In the result both the appeals filed by the Revenue are dismis sed on the ground that the demands are time barred.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Central Excise Act, 1944: s. 11A – Demand for differe ntial duty of excise – Invocation of extended period of l imitation – Allegation that the assessee incorrectly determined th e assessable value of its finished goods by not including the monetar y value of the duty benefits that it had obtained from its customers as a result of the transfer of the advance licenses – Demand of differential duty during the material period by the Department i nvoking the extended period of limitation available u/s. 11A(1) proviso – Demand raised beyond the normal limitation period of one year – Allegat ion

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