TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2015 (10) TMI 2456
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....he order dated 14.1.2015 (Annexure A-1) passed by the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as "the Tribunal"), claiming the following substantial questions of law:- (i) Whether in facts & circumstances of present case impugned order is correct as per the prevailing law and facts? (ii) Whether in facts & circumstances of present case impugned order is correct when the CENVAT has been utilized by the appellant in accordance with law? (iii) Whether in facts & circumstances of present case impugned order is correct when the appellant has paid the entire amount much before their due date? (iv) Whether in facts & circumstances of present case impugned order is c....
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.... and SED on its finished goods out of which Rs. 8,71,12,812/- had accrued during the period prior to 1.4.2000. Section 88 of the Finance Act, 2004 (for brevity "2004 Act") amended Rule 3(6) of the 2002 Rules retrospectively providing that only the AED (GSI) credit accrued after 1.4.2000 could be utilized for payment of BED and SED on the finished products and not the credit accrued prior to 1.4.2000. The adjudicating authority vide order dated 19.4.2005 (Annexure A-4) confirmed the duty demand to the tune of Rs. 8,71,12,812/- along with interest and dropped the penalty proceedings. It also dropped the duty demand of Rs. 4,56,50,988/- for the period post April 2000. The appellant vide receipts dated 31.12.2004 (Annexures A-5 and A-6, respect....
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....ntral Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), in rule 3, in sub-rule (6), in clause (b), the Explanation shall stand amended and shall be deemed to have been amended retrospectively in the manner as specified in the Second Schedule, on and from the corresponding date mentioned in column (3) of that Schedule and, accordingly, notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, decree or order of any court, tribunal or other authority, any action taken or anything done or purported to have been taken or done under the said Explanation shall be deemed to be, and to have always been, for all purposes, as validly and effectively, taken or done as if the said Explanation as amended by this subsection had been in force at all material times. (2) an....
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....dates payment of interest on delayed payment of duty. The relevant portion of the said provision reads thus:- "11AB. Interest on delayed payment of duty.- (1) Where any duty of excise has not been levied or paid or has been short-levied or short-paid or erroneously refunded, the person who is liable to pay duty as determined under sub-section (2), or has paid the duty under sub-section 2(B), of section 11A, shall, in addition to the duty, be liable to pay interest at such rate not belong ten per cent and not exceeding thirty six per cent per annum, as is for the time being fixed by the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, from the first date of the month succeeding the month in which the duty ought to have b....
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....dit was erroneously utilized for payment of BED and SED till actual payment of wrongly utilized credit. The appellant had wrongly utilized AED (GSI) Credit pertaining to period prior to 1.4.2000 in 2003 immediately after amendment to Rule 3(6) of 2002 Rules. Thus, the interest liability under Section 11AB of the Act would commence from 1st day of the following month when wrong utilization had taken place till the payment of wrongly utilized credit. 8. Further, the appellant had sought to claim benefit of the amendment brought by Section 124 of the Finance Act, 2005. It may be noticed that Section 88 of 2004 Act was amended by adding sub-sections (5) and (6) by Section 124 of the Finance Act, 2005. The relevant clause (v) of sub-section (....