Applicability of the time period (limitation) to claim refund of...

Applicability of the time period (limitation) to claim refund of Special Additional Duty (SAD) - Merely because Section 27 of the Customs Act provides for a period of limitation for filing refund claim, it cannot be held that even for the purposes of claiming refund in terms of the Notification, the same limitation has to be applied. The Hon’ble Delhi High Court has also held that in the maters which deal with substantive rights, such as imposition of penalties and other provisions that adversely affect statutory rights, the parent enactment must clearly impose such obligations; subordinate legislation or rules cannot prevail or be made, in such case - AT

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