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1 - 10 of 15 (0.29 seconds)Article 265 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
Section 72 in The Indian Contract Act, 1872 [Entire Act]
Section 3 in The Central Excise Act, 1944 [Entire Act]
Article 39 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
Section 72 in The Central Excise Act, 1944 [Entire Act]
Article 38 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
Sales Tax Officer, Banaras & Others vs Kanhaiya Lal Mukundlal Saraf on 23 September, 1958
(viii) The decision of this Court in Sales Tax Officer,
Benaras v. Kanhaiyalal Mukundlal Saraf [1959 S.C.R.
1350] must be held to have been wrongly decided
insofar as it lays down or is understood to have laid
down propositions contrary to the propositions
enunciated in (i) to (vii) above. It must equally be
held that the subsequent decisions of this Court
following and applying the said propositions in
Kanhaiyalal have also been wrongly decided to the
above extent. This declaration - or the law laid down
in propositions (i) to (vii) above - shall not however
entitle the State to recover the taxes/duties already
refunded and in respect whereof no proceedings are
pending before any Authority/Tribunal or Court as on
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this date. All pending matters shall, however, be
governed by the law declared herein notwithstanding
that the tax or duty has been refunded pending those
proceedings, whether under the orders of an
Authority, Tribunal or Court or otherwise."
Sanjeev Coke Manufacturing Company vs Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. And Another on 10 December, 1982
77. That "the material resources of the community" are not
confined to public resources but include all resources,
natural and man-made, public and private owned" is
repeatedly affirmed by this Court. [See Ranganatha Reddy,
Sanjeev Coke Manufacturing Co. v. Bharat Coking Coal
[1983 (1) S.C.R. 1000] and State of Tamil Nadu etc. etc. v.
L. Abu Kavur Bai & Ors. etc. [1984 (1) S.C.R. 725]. We are
of the considered opinion that Sri Parasaran is right in
saying that the philosophy and the core values of our
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Constitution must be kept in mind while understanding and
applying the provisions of Article 265 of the Constitution of
India and Section 72 of the Contract Act (containing as it
does an equitable principle) - for that matter, in construing
any other provision of the Constitution and the laws.
Accordingly, we hold that even looked at from the
constitutional angle, the right to refund of tax paid under an
unconstitutional provision of law is not an absolute or an
unconditional right. Similar is the position even if Article 265
can be invoked - we have held, it cannot be - for claiming
refund of taxes collected by misinterpretation or
misapplication of a provision of law, rules, notifications or
regulation.