https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46101 A writ court may grant refund of cash illegally seized where the seizure has already been declared unlawful and no appeal or substantive defence remains. In that situation, the availability of a civil suit does not bar relief in writ jurisdiction, because the only consequential remedy is return of the money. The text also states that reasonable interest may be awarded on wrongfully retained amounts as compensation for unlawful detention, even without an express statutory provision. On these facts, the refund and interest directions were upheld and the authorities were bound to return the seized cash with interest. en-us Mon, 15 Oct 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:24:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46101 A writ court may grant refund of cash illegally seized where the seizure has already been declared unlawful and no appeal or substantive defence remains. In that situation, the availability of a civil suit does not bar relief in writ jurisdiction, because the only consequential remedy is return of the money. The text also states that reasonable interest may be awarded on wrongfully retained amounts as compensation for unlawful detention, even without an express statutory provision. On these facts, the refund and interest directions were upheld and the authorities were bound to return the seized cash with interest. Case-Laws Central Excise Mon, 15 Oct 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46101