2006 (11) TMI 69

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.... Haryana in Central Excise Appeal No 180 of 2005. The Hon'ble High Court has directed the Tribunal as under :- "Question still remains as to whether non-payment of duty at the time when it was due, was on account of fraud, collusion or wilful misstatement or suppression of facts or contravention of the provisions of the act or the rules with intent to evade payment of duty as laid down under Sect....

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..... It is submitted that, in the absence of any wrong intention, proviso to Section 11A read with Rule 13(2) of Cenvat Credit Rules, are not applicable in this case. It is also his submission that during the relevant period, they had availed credit on almost 250 bills of entry, out of which this error was committed only in respect of 4 bills of entry. 3.The learned DR submits that the fact is not d....

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....ific query from the Bench, the learned DR submits that not a single statement of any person was recorded to indicate that the excess amount of credit availed by the appellant was with intention to avail ineligible credit. In the absence of any such evidence, it is not possible to accept that the appellant had availed the excess credit with intention to evade payment of duty. In order to appreciate....