2012 (10) TMI 113

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....t. Shri R.K. Singla, JCDR, for the Respondent. [Order per : P.G. Chacko, Member (J)]. - These appeals were filed by the assessee claiming interest on interest. 2. The appellant (assessee) had deposited an amount of Rs. 31,52,256/- with the Department on 31-1-1997 (under protest) towards interest for alleged violation of conditions of Notification No. 203/92-Cus., dated 19-5-1992, ....

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....ction 27A of the Customs Act was turned down by the Assistant Commissioner and the latter's order was upheld by the Commissioner (Appeals). The appellate Commissioner's order came to be set aside by this Tribunal and, consequently, the assessee was paid the amount of Rs. 3,27,858/- as interest by the Assistant Commissioner for the delay in granting the refund. Subsequently, claiming support from t....

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.... Counsel for the appellant reiterated the grounds of these appeals and claimed support from the following two orders of the Tribunal viz. VBC Industries Ltd. v. C.C., Chennai [2005 (192) E.L.T. 275 (Tri.-Bang.)] and VBC Industries Ltd. v. C.C.E. & C., Visakhapatnam [2008 (225) E.L.T. 375 (Tri.-Bang.)]. The ld. Counsel also argued that the Tribunal's decision in Sun Pharmaceuticals case was not app....

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....ad no power to award such interest to any claimant. We also note that, in the case of Sun Pharmaceuticals Ltd., the Larger Bench had also considered and distinguished the case of Commissioner of Income Tax v. Narendra Doshi [254 ITR 606 (SC)] before taking the above view. Therefore the view taken by the Tribunal's Division Bench relying on the apex court's judgment in Narendra Doshi's case cannot ....