2017 (5) TMI 281

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....rected against Order-in-Appeal No:PI/VSK/54/2010 dated 29/03/2010 passed by the Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals), Pune - I. 2. Heard both the sides and perused the records. 3. On perusal of the records it transpires that the issue is regarding availment of CENVAT credit of the countervailing duty paid on the raw materials imported by the appellant. Appellant imported raw material under a....

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....ed as scrap. The adjudicating authority confirmed the demand raised, appropriated the amount paid and also demanded interest and imposed equivalent amount of penalty. The appellant contested only the penalty before the first appellate authority. It was also the case before the first appellate authority that since the issue is covered by issuance of earlier show cause notice for demand of customs d....

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....position of penalty under Rule 15 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 read with Section 11AC of the Central Excise Act, 1944 is incorrect, inasmuch as the said Rule starts that penalty can be imposed by invoking the extended period only if ineligible CENVAT credit is availed with an intent to evade duty. In the case in hand, the appellant had discharged the countervailing duty on the goods imported b....