Release of warehoused goods seized by the DRI - The appellant...

Release of warehoused goods seized by the DRI - The appellant having accepted the order-in-original holding him guilty of violation of the terms and conditions of the advance license and the provisions of the Act and the goods having detained and kept in the custody of the warehouse from 2002, a vested right accrues in favour of CWC to recover the rent payable to them and therefore the demand made on the appellant by CWC, atleast up to the date when the provision was amended is valid and proper and the said amount already paid by the appellant need not be returned or refunded to the appellant. - HC