High Court Rulings


Rule 18 rebate claim sans ARE-1 copies allowable; Govt. to decide afresh 

HC sets aside Govt of India’s (GoI) revision order, rebate under Rule 18 of Central Excise Rules may be claimed absent original & duplicate copies of ARE-1; Both, GoI and Revenue failed to c...View More

Dismisses writ; VAT registration mandatory for State Govt's tax remission, TDS irrelevant 

HC dismisses writ, VAT registration mandatory for tax remission by State Govt u/s 41(1) of Gujarat VAT Act, 2003; Registration being statutory requirement, tax deducted at source by contractee has no ...View More

Sets aside Tribunal order; Statutory penalty cannot be reduced absent jurisdiction 

HC sets aside Tribunal’s order reducing penalty imposed u/s 114A of Customs Act, absent jurisdiction; Neither the authorities, nor Tribunal, nor HC vested with discretion to reduce penalty presc...View More

Allows writ; Undue delay in judgment delivery after hearing prejudicial to litigant 

HC sets aside Adjudicating Authority's order passed after 9 months from conclusion of personal hearing, being prejudicial to assessee; Central Excise Authorities obligated to dispose off proceedings e...View More

Terminal excise refund available against "Deemed Exports"; CENVAT refund an independent regime 

Supply of goods to Export Oriented Unit qualifies as 'deemed export', Terminal Excise Duty (TED) refund available as per Para 8.3 r/w Para 8.4 of FTP 2009-14; Such refund covered by second part of par...View More

Declares 'ultra vires' application of Duty Drawback Rules for FTP deemed exports 

HC strikes down Para 8.3.6 of FTP 2009-14 Handbook of Procedures v.1 (HoP) and Para 7 declaration under Form ANF-8 as “ultra vires” the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulations) Act (F...View More

CENVAT Credit Rules' penalty provision not ultra-vires of Act; Rule 15 valid 

HC upholds "vires" of Rule 15(2) of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 imposing penalty on wrong credit availment / utilisation with duty evasion intention, in terms of Sec 11AC of Central Excise Act (Act); Ce...View More

Reverses CESTAT order; Interest leviable on wrongly availed credit despite non-utilisation 

HC reverses CESTAT order, interest leviable on wrongly availed input credit despite non-utilisation, under Rule 14 of CENVAT Credit Rules r/w Sec 11AB of Central Excise Act; Rejects assessee’s a...View More

Goods partly consumed captively taxable at 'transaction value'; Relies on Ispat ratio 

Where goods partly sold to independent buyers and partly consumed captively, assessable value of captively consumed goods shall be ‘Transaction Value’; Rule 8 r/w Rule 9 of Valuation Rules...View More

Absent speaking order, Tribunal can't direct pre-deposit already waived by Appellate Commissioner 

Tribunal can order pre-deposit while remanding proceedings despite dispensation of such requirement by Commissioner (Appeals); Sec. 35C of Central Excise Act empowers Tribunal to confirm / modify / an...View More