TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2022 (9) TMI 735
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....ct of inputs and input services received by them. 2.2 During the scrutiny of records, it was noticed that the appellant was storing duty paid excisable goods manufactured and cleared from the factory in unregistered godowns adjacent to the customer's plant for onward clearance to the customer's plant as per the stock requirement of the customer on the basis of 'just-in-time' concept. In respect of these godowns, appellant was availing input service credit in respect of the godown rent, unloading, loading, freight, painting and other miscellaneous expenses under the 're-delivery charges' which are essentially post-manufacture and after-sale activity beyond the place of removal and they have no nexus with the manufacturing of service activity performed by them. These services are carried out after of sale of the excisable goods and outside the factory premises. Thus Revenue was of the view that these services received in the unregistered premises does not qualify as input services for and the credit not admissible. Accordingly show cause notice dated 04.10.2016 was issued to the appellant asking them to show cause as to why:- "(a) the amount of Rs. 12.17,807/- (Rupees Twe....
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.... made a written request for adjournment vide letter dated 17.05.2022. The request was considered and allowed and the matter listed during the second week of July 2022, i.e. 18.07.2022, as requested by the counsel. Again, on 18.07.2022 counsel prayed for adjournment vide his letter dated 14.07.2022 and sought the matter to be posted in second week of September 2022. Accordingly the matter was posted for hearing today. Today again counsel has requested for an adjournment stating as follows:- "The above appeal is posted for hearing 13.09.2022. It is submitted, that certain information and instructions are required from the appellant for making submissions before the Hon'ble Tribunal. Therefore, it is prayed that the hearing fixed on 13.09.2022 may please be adjourned by 6 weeks and thus render justice." 2.6 In this case appeal has been filed on 18.04.2019 and Vakalatnama had also been filed in the name of the counsel on the same date, which means that the counsel was appointed by the appellant in the matter about three years back. The same counsel had attended the hearing before the Commissioner (Appeals) on 31.01.2019 as per para 5 of the impugned order. After attendi....
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....ourts are meant and all efforts shall be made by the courts to provide timely justice to the litigants. Take an example of the present case. Suit was for eviction. Many a times the suits are filed for eviction on the ground of bonafide requirements of the landlord. If plaintiff who seeks eviction decree on the ground of personal bonafide requirement is not getting the timely justice and he ultimately gets the decree after 10 to 15 years, at times cause for getting the eviction decree on the ground of personal bonafide requirement may be defeated. The resultant effect would be that such a litigant would lose confidence in the justice delivery system and instead of filing civil suit and following the law he may adopt the other mode which has no backing of law and ultimately it affects the rule of law. Therefore, the court shall be very slow in granting adjournments and as observed hereinabove they shall not grant repeated adjournments in routine manner. Time has now come to change the work culture and get out of the adjournment culture so that confidence and trust put by the litigants in the Justice delivery system is not shaken and Rule of Law is maintained. 5.6 In view of ....
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.... Rule 3(1) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004, input services should have been received in the registered premises of the appellant. Similar thing has been recorded in para 19 of the order-in-original which is reproduced below:- "19. In view of the statutory provisions and the judicial pronouncements an discussed above, the availment of Cenvat credit in respect of input services not received at their premises but at a un-registered godowns, lying adjacent to the customer's plant for onward clearance to the customer's plant, is improper and is in gross violation of the provisions of Rule 3(1) of the CCR, 2004. Therefore, it appeared that the impugned services, under the caption Re delivery charges, does not qualify as Input services and Consequently, it has to be held that the assessee would not be eligible to avail Cenvat credit of impugned input services not received by them and they are liable to reverse the Cenvat credit of services/inputs so taken in terms of the provisions of the CCR. 2004." 3.5 Rule 3(1) of the Cenvat Credit Rules is reproduced below:- "RULE 3. CENVAT credit. - (1) A manufacturer or producer of final products or a [provider of outpu....
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....endered by Mumbai office, for which bill(s) have been raised. Thus, I hold that the appellant is entitled to Cenvat credit in respect of input services received at the premises other than the premises at Noida. ......" 3.7 This order of tribunal was upheld by the Hon'ble High Court of Allahabad vide its order dated 28.02.2017 in Central Excise Appeal No 326 of 2016 stating as follows: "This is a central excise appeal against the order of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal dated 04.11.2015. The department by way of this appeal raised two following questions of law:- i. Whether the Hon'ble CESTAT was correct in allowing the refund and CENVAT credit of the services used at unregistered premises? ii. ............ We find that the similar issue had arisen before the Karnataka High Court in the matter of mPortal India Wireless Solutions P. Ltd. Vs. C.S.T., Bangalore 2012 (27) STR 134 (Karnataka), wherein vide paragraph 7 of the said judgment has held as under:- "7. Insofar as requirement of registration with the department as a condition precedent for claiming Cenvat credit is concerned, learned counsel appearing for b....