TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2024 (1) TMI 936
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....e Appellant by CERA officers, it was observed that the Appellant had availed Cenvat credit of the duty paid on certain inputs, capital goods and input services, such as flex cable, connectors, cable harness assembly, call centre charges, operational service charges etc. which were received by them at places other than their registered premises. A break up of such input, capital goods and input services are tabulated below: Input Rs. 14,77,837/- Capital Goods Rs. 89,999/- Input Services Rs. 37,53,126/- TOTAL Rs. 53,20,962/- 2. A SCN dated 03.10.2012 was issued to the Appellant alleging that the availment of CENVAT credit on inputs, capital goods and input services received at places other than their registered prem....
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.... STR 134 (Kar) • Rajender Kumar & Associates vs. Commissioner of Service Tax, Delhi - II, 2021 (45) GSTL 184 (Tri-Del) • Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. vs. CCE, Belapur 2013 (32) STR 532 (Bom.) 5. The Appellant submitted that they have been providing telecommunication services and for rendering such services, they have taken various premises on rent by entering into licence agreement with owners/holders of such premises. They have installed cell sites and established other offices on such premises which are used for providing telecommunication services (output service). They were using the disputed inputs and capital goods at the cell sites for providing telecommunicati....
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....t prescribe any condition that CENVAT credit can be claimed only when inputs, capital goods and input services are received in the registered premises of the provider of output service. 7. The Appellant further submitted that there is no allegation in the SCN or finding in the O-I-O in respect of the disputed inputs, input services and capital goods that: a. Such goods/services have not been procured on payment of appropriate excise duty/service tax, b. Such goods/services have not been directly or indirect used by the Appellant to provide output service (telecommunication service). 8. When the aforesaid facts are not in dispute then CENVAT credit on input, input services and capital goods....
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....ut services on which Cenvat credit has been availed were received at places other than their registered premises. 13. We observe that the issue has been settled in favour of the Appellant in the case of M/s Oriental Insurance Company Limited vs. Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax, LTU, New Delhi, 2023 (6) TMI 646 - CESTAT New Delhi, wherein it has been held that registration of premises with service tax department is not a condition precedent for claiming CENVAT credit. The relevant extract from the said decision is reproduced below: "The first issue is with regard to the CENVAT credit availed by the appellant on invoices address to unregistered premises. This issue was considered by a Division Bench of t....
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....sed to unregistered premises of the appellant, we note that there is no dispute regarding eligibility of input service for availability of credit to the appellant. The denial of credit is only with reference to address in the document. We find in various decisions, this Tribunal held that the credit cannot be denied on this reason. Reference can be made to the decision in Manipal Advertising Services Pvt. Ltd.(supra). We also note that in the appellant's own case on the same issue, the Original Authority for the later period held that denial of credit cannot be justified on this ground, vide order dated 21-7- 2016." 18. This is what was also held by a Division Bench of the Tribunal in Pernod Ricard India Private Limited. 19.....