2023 (5) TMI 517

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..../- to 11,79,703/- under Rule 14 of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 r/w. Section 11A(1) of Central Excise Act, 1944 alongwith interest and penalty on the reduced demand. 2. The issue involved herein is whether, in view of amendment of Section 2(d) of Central Excise Act, 1944 w.e.f. 10.5.2008 the appellant is liable to pay u/r. 6(3) of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 an amount equal to 5% of the sale value of exempted product i.e. bagasse, generated during the manufacturing of sugar/molasses as they failed to maintain separate accounts for dutiable and exempted goods as required under Rule 6(2) ibid? 3. The facts are as follows. The appellants are engaged in manufacture and clearance of sugar and molasses and are paying duty on all these final prod....

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....7,443/- to 11,79,703/- under Rule 14 of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 r/w. Section 11A(1) of Central Excise Act, 1944 alongwith interest and penalty on the reduced demand. 4. The period in issue is from 1.3.2010 to 30.9.2010. According to learned counsel for the appellant the bagasse is nothing but waste which was produced during the manufacturing of sugar and no manufacturing activity has been done by the for the production of bagasse and therefore they are not liable to pay any duty on it. Per contra learned Authorized Representative submits that by amending Section 2(d) ibid an explanation was inserted in the said section w.e.f. year 2008 and a deeming provision has been created therefore once it is established that an article, a substanc....

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....bsp;  xxx 4. It is not in dispute that Bagasse is otherwise classified under Chapter sub-heading No. 2303 20 00 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 and attracts nil rate of duty. 5. However, show cause notices were issued to the respondents herein stating that Bagasse would be subject to duty under the Central Excise Act, 1944, as "other products". These show cause notices were issued to the respondents in terms of the provision contained in Rule 6(3) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 demanding various amounts. The said show cause notices were challenged by the respondents filing writ petitions in the High Court of Allahabad. The High Court has allowed these writ petitions holding that Bagasse ....

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....ufacture" as contained in Section 2(f) of the Act. The relevant portion of amended Section 2(f) reads as under : Section 2(f) - "manufacture" includes any process - (i) incidental or ancillary to be completion of a manufactured product; (ii) which is specified in relation to any goods in the section or Chapter notes of [The First Schedule] to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) as amounting to [manufacture; or] (iii) which in relation to the goods specified in the Third Schedule, involves packing or repacking of such goods in a unit container or labelling or re-labelling of containers including the declaration or alteration of retail sale price on it or adoption of any other treatment on the g....