LAW FOR ALL

Development of Industries -New Industrial Policy scheme in North- Eastern Region - some companies availed benefits of the scheme - commencement of Finance Act 2003 - certain benefit notifications were amended retrospectively from the date of original Notifications under the scheme under sec.153 of the Act - the Assistant Commissioner, Central Excise, Jorhat passed orders reviewing the entire refunded amounts under the original notifications - Challenged - High court dismissed the writs - D.B. confirmed the same - Appeals - Apex court held that allowed the appeals directing the parties to deposit the demanded amounts before the commissioner and directed to file regular appeals over the orders of Asst. Commissioner - and directed the department to treat the time consumed in these proceedings be considered as reasonable = CIVIL APPEAL NO. 3380 OF 2010 Hindustan Coca Cola Beverage (P) Ltd. ... Appellant Versus Union of India and others ... Respondents = 2014 - Sept. Month - http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=41913