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2015 (4) TMI 814 - SC - Central ExciseWithdrawal of exemption notification in the North Eastern Region from goods under Chapter 21.06 (Pan Masala) and Chapter 24 (tobacco and tobacco substitutes), including cigarettes chewing tobacco etc. - Principle of promissory estoppel - Held that:- After the filing of this appeal, certain subsequent events have taken place and as a result thereof, the issue is not even required to be adjudicated upon in the present appeal. It so happened that vide Section 154 contained in Finance Act, 2003, the withdrawal of the benefit was effected from retrospective effect. Validity of Section 154 was considered by this Court in R.C. Tobacco Pvt. Ltd. And Anr. vs. Union of India and Another [2005 (9) TMI 80 - SUPREME COURT OF INDIA]. This Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the aforesaid provision. The effect thereof would be that the respondent would not be entitled to any such benefit by virtue of Section 154 of the Finance Act, 2003, and the impugned judgment of the High Court loses its validity on the aforesaid ground. - Decided in favour of Revenue.
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