https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=112710 Remission of duty on inputs and final products destroyed in a fire accident could not be denied merely because intimation was said to be delayed, where a telegram had been sent on the date of the fire and received by the department. The Tribunal applied the settled principle that loss caused by an unavoidable accident, without evidence of preventable negligence, does not justify refusal of remission on the ground that the loss was not a natural cause. On that basis, the rejection of remission was held unsustainable and the assessee's claim was allowed. en-us Thu, 27 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 01 May 2012 14:23:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=112710 Remission of duty on inputs and final products destroyed in a fire accident could not be denied merely because intimation was said to be delayed, where a telegram had been sent on the date of the fire and received by the department. The Tribunal applied the settled principle that loss caused by an unavoidable accident, without evidence of preventable negligence, does not justify refusal of remission on the ground that the loss was not a natural cause. On that basis, the rejection of remission was held unsustainable and the assessee's claim was allowed. Case-Laws Central Excise Thu, 27 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=112710