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Issues: Whether interest on differential customs duty could be levied in respect of a transaction that occurred before the statutory provision for interest was introduced.
Analysis: The liability asserted by the Department was founded on Section 28A(b) of the Customs Act, 1962. The transaction in question had taken place in 1993, while the provision for levy of interest was introduced only by the Finance Act, 1996. As the provision did not operate retrospectively, it could not be applied to a prior transaction to sustain the demand for interest.
Conclusion: The demand for interest was unsustainable, and the assessee was not liable to pay interest on the differential duty.