1982 (12) TMI 187

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....air, SDR, for the Respondent. ORDER The present appeal has been filed against the order No. S/49. 55/80CS dated 9-5-1980 passed by the Appellate Collr., Bombay, rejecting the refund claim of the appellant on the ground of limitation alone vide Section 27 (1) of the Customs Act, 1962. The appellants contention is that rejection of their claim is not correct on the ground that Section 27, as a....

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....der Section 27(1) of the Customs Act, 1962. While conceding that M/s. H.A.L. were owned by the Govt. of India, in strict law, they were a corporate body conducting their business on a commercial basis. It was further submitted that while the work of clearance through the Customs had been handled by the Embarkation Hdqrs., the importers were M/s. H.A.L., who were not entitled in law to the time lim....