Refund of Excise duty paid mistakenly - principles of unjust...

Refund of Excise duty paid mistakenly - principles of unjust enrichment - though the appellants produced Cost Accountant and Chartered Accountant’s certificate, these are not certificates issued by their statutory auditors. Further, it is also not stated in the certificates that they have scrutinized financial statements of the appellant. Even after remand, the appellant has not been able to produce necessary documents to substantiate that they have not passed on the incidence of duty to the buyers of the goods. - AT