SERVICE TAX SECTION
2012-TIOL-765-CESTAT-MUM + Costal story
Costal Gujarat Power Ltd Vs CST, Mumbai
Banking & Financial Services - Appellant borrowing funds under the scheme of External Commercial Borrowing from foreign lenders – commitment charges, up-front fee, arrangement fee, agency fee etc. whether chargeable to Service Tax under reverse charge mechanism - issue involves interpretation of various provisions of law such as Article 246, 253 of the Constitution of India, the various provisions of ADB and IFC Act and the provisions of United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947 and Finance Act, 1994 – prima facie case for full waiver of pre-deposit – Stay granted and matter referred to CBEC Chairman for opinion[ paras 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 ] : MUMBAI CESTAT
2012-TIOL-764-CESTAT-KOL Khatau Narbheram & Company Vs CCE, CC & ST, BBSR-II
Service Tax - Refund claim for services utilized for export of iron ore fines under Notification No. 41/07-ST - Claim rejected for GTA services availed on the ground that export invoice numbers were not mentioned in lorry receipt and shipping bills as required under Notification No. 41/07-ST - Matter remitted to original authority for verification of appellants claim of use of GTA service by establishing a link between lorry receipt and export invoices and also export invoices and shipping bills - Appeal allowed by remand: KOLKATA CESTAT
2012-TIOL-763-CESTAT-KOL M/s Nilachal Iron And Power Ltd Vs CCE & ST, JSR
Service tax - Business Auxiliary Services - Service of mobilisation of mutual funds units - Place of rendering service - Jurisdiction - Levy of service tax under reverse mechanism - Limitation - Stay / Dispensation of pre-deposit - The service providers are rendering their services to the distributors of various mutual fund companies and not to the Mutual Fund Companies directly. Hence, prima facie, are not strictly covered under the principle of levy of service tax under reverse mechanism . On the aspect of jurisdiction, in the case of levy of Service Tax it is difficult to ascertain where the services are rendered and where the services are received unless a finding is recorded on these facts. At no point of time the service provider has questioned or disputed the authority/jurisdiction of the department but consciously submitted to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner Central Excise, Jamshedpur. Therefore, prima facie, Commissioner, Jamshedpur has jurisdiction over the issue. There is no financial hardship pleaded. Pre-deposit of 25% of service tax confirmed is ordered. (Para 5) -
Pre-deposit ordered / Conditional Stay granted: KOLKATA CESTAT
CENTRAL EXCISE SECTION
NOTIFICATION
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CASE LAWS
2012-TIOL-464-HC-MUM-CX + Castrol story
CCE, Mumbai Vs M/s Castrol India Ltd
Central Excise - When the legislature specifically fixes the time limit within which the duty with interest and penalty at 25% is to be paid for availing the incentive, it would neither be open to the appellate authority nor any other authority to permit the assessee to pay 25% penalty at any time other than the time prescribed under Section 11AC: Bombay High Court [para 25]
When the liability to pay 25% penalty under the first and the second proviso to Section 11AC is required to be paid within thirty days from the date of communication of the order of the Central Excise Officer determining duty under Section 11A(2), it would not be open to the appellate authority or the Court to direct the assessee to pay 25% penalty beyond the date stipulated in the first and the second proviso to Section 11AC. [para 27]-
Revenue appeal allowed :
BOMBAY HIGH COURT 2012-TIOL-762-CESTAT-DEL
M/s U P State Spinning Co Ltd Vs CCE, Allahabad Central Excise - Exemption Notification - Matter remanded by Tribunal - Scope of re-adjudication - In the remand order the Tribunal has returned a categoric finding that merely because of failure to file certificate from NHDC before the clearance of the yarn the benefit of the Notification No. 5/98-CE and 5/99-CE could not be denied. The adjudicating authority while deciding the matter afresh after remand has given a contrary finding to the effect that because of the failure to produce NHDC certificate before the clearance of the yarn the appellant is not entitled to the benefit of those notifications. The effect of the said order-in-original amounts to countermanding /reversing the decision of the Tribunal, which is not permissible under law as a inferior authority in judicial hierarchy has no right / jurisdiction to overturn the finding of superior authority . Only recourse was to file an appeal against the order of the Tribunal. (Para 9)
Non-speaking order - Appreciation of evidence - Remand - The impugned order is a cryptic non speaking order as the conclusion is drawn without any reference to the evidence. The matter is remanded again to the adjudicating authority to decide it afresh by giving a reasoned order referring to the evidence on record for coming to a conclusion. (Para 11) - Matter remanded: DELHI CESTAT
CUSTOMS SECTION
NOTIFICATION
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CBEC amends 12/2012 to insert BG with Fixed Deposit Receipt CASE LAWS 2012-TIOL-761-CESTAT-MAD
P Bhaskar Naidu, CEO Vs CC, Chennai
Customs – Export of red sanders - Goods entered for export and declared in the relevant shipping bill were granite cobble stones, whereas actual goods found in the container brought to the customs area for export was red sander logs - Hence, the contravention of Section 113(i) is established in view of the mis-declaration of description of goods as well as consequent mis-declaration of value etc. In such a case, it is not even necessary to establish mens rea for imposition of penalty on the exporter – Penalty under Section 114 of Customs Act, 1962 upheld, but reduced to six lakhs. - Appeal rejected:CHENNAI CESTAT 2012-TIOL-760-CESTAT-MAD
M/s Natvar Parikh & Co Pvt Ltd Vs CC, Chennai
Customs – CHA – Forfeiture of the security amount from CHA, charging them with violation of Regulation 13(a) and (d) and they did not have any authorization from the importer - There is nothing to indicate that the appellant-CHA has acted mala fide in any manner - The fact that the bill of lading having title to the goods and also the required Customs bonds etc., were obtained from the importers and given to the CHA through the logistics company, clearly shows that the appellant-CHA did not act malafide and they had the tacit authorisation of the importers – Impugned order cannot be sustained.- Appeal allowed:CHENNAI CESTAT |