Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 541 · Decided 16 August 2013
M/S. Rana Girders LTD. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 541 · [2013] 14 S.C.R. 58
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6802/2013
- Decided
- 16 August 2013
- Bench
- ANIL R. DAVE, A.K. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
State Financial Corporation Act, 1951 - s.29 - Purchase of property - In public auction - Free from all encumbrances C -- However, sale deed and agreement stipulating liability of the purchaser to meet statutory demands arising out of the property - Liability of the purchaser to discharge the dues property owed to the excise department - Held: The excise dues are not statutory D liabilities - Since the purchaser had purchased the property free from all encumbrances and had not purchased entire unit as a business, it is not liable to meet the dues to Excise Department. The property in
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