Court Rules in Favor of Assessee on CENVAT Credit Use for Reverse Charge Mechanism; Revenue's Petitions Dismissed.

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....Utilization of CENVAT Credit - payment of service tax for the purpose other than the ones defined under Section 3(4)(e) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 - recipient of service who is liable to pay the service tax under RCM - The special leave petitions preferred by the Revenue against M/s Aravind Fashions and Godavari Sugar Mills, though have been dismissed for low tax effect, we cannot subscribe to the arguments advanced by the Revenue in view of the fiction created under Section 68(2) of the Finance Act, 1994 read with Rules 2(1)(d) of the Service Tax Rules, 1994 and Rule 3(4)(e) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 - the substantial questions of law are answered in favour of the assessee and against the Revenue - HC....