https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=43199 Fraud vitiates judicial proceedings, and relief obtained through false authority or unauthorised institution of a writ petition cannot stand. The Bombay High Court noted that the refund order for countervailing/additional duty had been procured on a petition not filed by the genuine parties as represented, and that the proceedings were tainted by fraud on both the Customs Department and the Court. Once the foundation of the petition disappeared, the order based on it also failed. The appeal was allowed, the refund order was set aside, and the writ petition was dismissed. en-us Wed, 15 Jan 1992 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:07:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=43199 Fraud vitiates judicial proceedings, and relief obtained through false authority or unauthorised institution of a writ petition cannot stand. The Bombay High Court noted that the refund order for countervailing/additional duty had been procured on a petition not filed by the genuine parties as represented, and that the proceedings were tainted by fraud on both the Customs Department and the Court. Once the foundation of the petition disappeared, the order based on it also failed. The appeal was allowed, the refund order was set aside, and the writ petition was dismissed. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 15 Jan 1992 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=43199