2024 (2) TMI 760

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....hing the penalty order dated February 14, 2020 and the order passed in appeal dated October 13, 2020. Facts of the case 3. Petitioner is engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling of pressure cookers under the brand name of Hawkins. The principal place of business of the petitioner is situated at 83/6, Β.Μ. Market, Juhi, Kanpur, The factory of the petitioner is situated at Plot No. A- 1, A-2, A-14, A-15, SIDA Industrial Estate, Satharia, Jaunpur. Petitioner purchases/stock transfers various parts/raw materials for manufacturing of pressure cookers from outside the state of UP, for being delivered in its factory (manufacturing unit) situated at Satharia, Jaunpur. The petitioner had purchased the raw materials for manu....

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....ng the wrong place of supply of goods at Kanpur instead of Satharia, Jaunpur. The delivery of raw materials cannot be taken by the petitioner at Kanpur, since the raw materials are required for manufacturing of pressure cookers which is done only at its factory in Satharia, Jaunpur, and not at the principal place of business. Thus the mentioning of wrong place of supply in the E-Way bill was merely a technical breach. 6. He further submitted that the addresses that were wrongly written in the four e-way bills were addresses of the registered office of the petitioner. He submitted that the same was a technical error only as there was no intention of the petitioner to hide the destination in the e-way bills. Infact, he submitted that all t....

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....appeal, a common thread appears to run through the same, i.e. there was non-compliance of the Rules by putting the wrong address in four of the e-way bills. The common thread that also runs through these orders is that the invoices and the bilties in all the eight invoices and in four of the e-way bills was correct in all respect including the address. Undisputedly, the address in four of the e-way bills was incorrect. However, what is to be seen is that this particular address was not an anonymous address, but was the address of the registered office of the petitioner. The explanation provided by the petitioner with regard to a mistake on the part of the supplier to have populated the incorrect address is not far fetched, especially since ....