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2018 (2) TMI 36 - HC - CustomsEntitlement of interest - relevant date for calculation of interest - Refund claim rejected on the ground of unjust enrichment - Section 27 and 27(A) of the Customs Act, 1962 - Held that: - issue is covered by the decision in the case of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. Versus Union Of India and Ors. [2011 (10) TMI 16 - Supreme Court of India], where it was held that liability of the revenue to pay interest under Section 11BB of the Act commences from the date of expiry of three months from the date of receipt of application for refund under Section 11B(1) of the Act and not on the expiry of the said period from the date on which order of refund is made - Even assuming that the petitioner furnished the evidence with respect to the issue of unjust enrichment later it would make no difference as Section 27A mandates the payment of interest from the date of the application. The revenue in any case does not suffer any loss as it has the benefit of the use of the money, in fact, even prior to the date of the filing of the application for refund under Section 27(1). The petitioner shall be paid interest from 23.10.2007 i.e. 90 days after the date of the application under Section 27(1) viz. 23.07.2007 till payment - petition allowed.
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