https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=348010 Interest was payable on delayed payment of central excise duty where the duty was discharged after the due date prescribed under the Central Excise Act, 1944. The delayed payment attracted interest at the statutory rate as a consequence of default in timely payment, and the impugned order was left undisturbed. The document applies the principle that interest follows automatically once duty is paid beyond the prescribed due date, without requiring any separate discretion. en-us Mon, 31 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:25:27 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=348010 Interest was payable on delayed payment of central excise duty where the duty was discharged after the due date prescribed under the Central Excise Act, 1944. The delayed payment attracted interest at the statutory rate as a consequence of default in timely payment, and the impugned order was left undisturbed. The document applies the principle that interest follows automatically once duty is paid beyond the prescribed due date, without requiring any separate discretion. Case-Laws Central Excise Mon, 31 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=348010