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TMI Blog2009 (7) TMI 158X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... it petitioner M/s. Tamilnadu Steel Tubes Ltd. (for short, 'the company') under the Customs Act, 1962. 2. Writ Petitions were preferred by the company for a direction to refund the excess amount of duty paid by it, as detailed in both the cases. In fact, in one of the cases, it was pleaded that a sum of Rs. 13,03,633/- was paid as excess duty and in another writ petition, it was pleaded that a su ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... payment of duty and interest, is prescribed to "any other case". It was submitted that under the second proviso to Section 27(1)(b), the period of limitation shall not apply when duty and interest are paid under protest. 5. Though the aforesaid submissions have been made on behalf of the appellant-company, but there is nothing on record to suggest that the appellant-company paid the duty under ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ion of the Division Bench, as under Section 27 of the Customs Act, the period of limitation has been prescribed in regard to refund of duty and the grant of refund cannot be a ground to ignore the limitation period, except in the specific cases as shown under the provisos to Section 27 of the Customs Act. However, it is not necessary to refer the case to a Larger Bench on such issue, as it is not ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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