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Issues: Whether CENVAT credit could be denied or reversed merely because debit notes were issued to the supplier on account of inferior quality of inputs, where the full quantity of inputs was received and used in manufacture.
Analysis: The debit notes were issued not for short receipt or quantity difference, but because the inputs supplied were of inferior quality and did not yield the required result during manufacture. It was undisputed that the entire quantity covered by the invoices was received and used in the manufacture of the final product. In such circumstances, the credit taken on the duty paid inputs could not be denied merely because the purchase price was later adjusted through debit notes. The principle applied was that Rule 14 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 permits recovery only where credit is wrongly taken or utilized, and no basis existed to treat the credit as inadmissible when receipt and use of inputs were not in dispute.
Conclusion: The denial of CENVAT credit was unsustainable and the assessee was entitled to the credit claimed.
Final Conclusion: The impugned order was set aside and the appeal succeeded.
Ratio Decidendi: CENVAT credit cannot be denied merely because a supplier's price is reduced through debit notes for inferior quality of inputs, where the full invoiced quantity is received and used in the manufacture and no wrongful taking or utilization of credit is shown.
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