Excise Judgements

Availment of exemption in respect of goods covered by SSI Notf 8/98-CE and availment of MODVAT benefit in respect of goods lying outside the purview of the exemption notification is not simultaneous availment of MODVAT and SSI exemption – Tribunal di

Mere failure to pay duty and/or take out a licence which is not due to any fraud, collusion or willful misstatement or suppression of fact or contravention of any provision is not sufficient to attract the extended period of limitation -

Central Excise - Supplementary Invoice - No interest - Reliance placed on quashed High Court order - Revenue loses in High Court - The judgment of the Tribunal in the case of CCE , Aurangabad v. M/s Rucha Engineering Pvt. Ltd., 2006-TIOL-885-CESTAT-M

Refund - Unjust enrichment - Issuance of credit note - Wrong valuation due to clerical error noticed after issue of invoice - Credit notes issued and refund claimed - Submission that full payment of sales made not received - Credit note issued only t

Refund claim - Limitation - Protest payment, proof - Rejection on the ground that TR-6 challan under which amount claimed was deposited does not show that it was paid under protest and no protest letter was lodged with Department under Rule 233B of e

Finalisation of Provisional assessment - LB decision in Cadbury [ 2008-TIOL-1986-CESTAT-MUM-LB ] helps Revenue get back refunds of 'interest' granted by the Assistant Commissioner relying on MSEB Pole Factory [ 2005-TIOL-1643-CESTAT-MUM ] decision -

Refund - Excess payment of tax - Sales tax - Tax paid at 1% on gold - Rate of tax reduced retrospectively - Refund of excess paid tax rejected on the ground that notification barring refund of tax collected at higher rate - Excess tax must be refunde

Refund - Cenvat/Modvat - Adjustment of credit - Credit amount cannot be adjusted against refund without issue of a show cause notice - Sections 11A and 11B of Central Excise Act, 1944. [para 8]

Refund - Unjust enrichment - Downward revision of price of goods with retrospective effect as per agreement between parties - Appellants returned differential price as well as differential duty by way of issuing credit notes to buyer - No infirmity i

Central Excise