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Excise — Rectified spirit (ethyl alcohol) — Fixation of price — State is empowered to fix the price and recovery dues accordingly — Demand for a sum of [pic] 13,32,000 was raised against appellant/distillery by the Superintendent...

A. Constitution of India — Art. 226 — Writ jurisdiction — Service matters — Interference with decision of departmental promotion committee (DPC) — If warranted — Where assessment made by the DPC is perverse or not based on record...

The seminal issue that spiralled in the course of hearing of this appeal centres around the question framed vide order dated 18.2.2015, for this Court thought it apposite to answer, whether the poem titled “Gandhi Mala Bhetala”...

Arbitration — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — S. 15(2) — Termination of mandate of an arbitrator — Held, as per S. 15(2), a substitute arbitrator is required to be appointed according to the rules that were applicable to...

A. Excise — Central Excise Act, 1944 — S. 4 — Valuation — Invoice price — Relevance — Where assessees have issued invoices for supply of the goods and they have not received any further consideration in monetary terms over and...

A. Customs — Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback Rules, 1995 — R. 12(1)(a) — Conversion of free shipping bills into drawback shipping bills — Permissibility — Where while filing the shipping bills, the...

The appellant has questioned the order passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in relation to Chamber Summons No. 1249 of 2009 arising out of Execution Application No. 318 of 2005 thereby setting aside the attachment of...

A. Customs — Customs Act, 1962 — Ss. 111(d) and 111(m) — Valuation — Auction by department — Relevance — Respondent imported zinc die cast scrap — However, on basis of expert opinion it was found that most of the items were...

A. Arbitration — Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — S. 30 — Grounds for setting aside the award — Principle of ejusdem generis — If available — Held, clause (c) of S. 30 does not attract the principle of ejusdem generis so...