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Mar 20 2008 (TRI)

Cheyyar Co-op. Sugar Mills Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Central Excise

Court : Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal CESTAT Tamil Nadu

Reported in : (2008)14STJ54CESTAT(Chennai)

..... , for the aforesaid limited period, declared that "any action taken on anything done or purported to have been (i) taken or done at any time during the period commencing on and from the 16th day of july, 1997 and ending with the day, the finance act, 2000 receives the assent of the president shall be deemed to be valid and always to have been valid for all purposes, as validly and effectively taken or done" vide section 117 of the finance act, 2000. ..... such demands are not affected by the amendments made to section 65 by parliament under section 116 of the finance act, 2000 and consequently they are hit by the apex court's ruling in laghu udyog bkarati (supra). ..... order to get over the supreme court's ruling, parliament amended section 65 ibid in relation to the limited period, 16.07.1997 to 16.10.1998 under section 116 of the finance act, 2000, whereby recipients of 'goods transport' service and 'clearing and forwarding' service were defined as "assesses". ..... but these rules were held to be ultra vires section 65 and 66 of the finance act, 1994 by the hon'ble supreme court in the case of laghu udyog bharati (supra ..... assistant commissioner's order was revised by the commissioner under section 84 of the finance act, 1994 and service tax of rs. ..... original authority in adjudication of the dispute dropped the proposals made in the show-cause notice, after examining the effect of various relevant amendments brought to the finance act, 1994 under the finance act, 2000 and the finance act, 2003. .....

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May 30 2007 (TRI)

Commissioner of Central Excise Vs. Mangalam Cement Ltd.

Court : Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal CESTAT Delhi

Reported in : (2007)7STR673

..... he submitted that only the actions and proceedings initiated before the amendment of finance act, 2000 may be proceeded with and no fresh proceedings can be initiated under the validating provisions because, section 117 protected and validated any action taken prior to the commencement of finance act, 2000, by taking into consideration the amendments, which were made by section 116. ..... came into force from 10.9.2004 within one year from the relevant date which was defined in sub-section (6) of section 73 as under: section 73 (6) for the purposes of this section, 'relevant date' means,- (h) in the case of taxable service in respect which service tax has not been levied or paid or has been short-levied or short-paid- (a) where under the rules made under this chapter, a periodical return, showing particulars of service tax paid during the period to which ..... refunded: (1) where any service tax has not been levied or paid or has been short-levied or short-paid or erroneously refunded, the central excise officer may, within one year from the relevant date, serve notice on the person chargeable with the service tax which has not been levied or paid or which has been short-levied or short-paid or the person to whom such tax refund has erroneously been made, requiring him .....

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Jun 27 2003 (TRI)

Smt. Smitha Shetty, Shri Vs. Commissioner of Central Excise

Court : Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal CESTAT

Reported in : (2003)(89)ECC92

..... 76 & 77 of the finance act, 1994 for the failure to furnish the st-3 returns within the due dates.according to the department, the assessee had failed to pay the service tax in time to the credit of the central government payable in respect of services rendered during the quarter ending 12/99 and 3/2000 by the 25th of the month immediately following the said quarter, was paid into the credit of the central government only on 04.04.2000 for ..... 84 of the finance act, 1994 and as per the review order, the commissioner has enhanced the penalty ..... 76 and 77 of the finance act, 1994.b) the order passed by the adjudicating authority was reviewed by the commissioner in ..... if a person fails to furnish in due time the return which he is required to furnish under sub-section (1) of sec.70 or by notice given under sub-section (2) of that section, he shall pay, by way of penalty, a sum which shall not be less than one hundred rupees, but which may extend to two hundred rupees for every day during which the failure continues.with ..... a plain reading of the section, it can be understood that the section has laid down minimum penalty of ..... 100/-per day.the section clearly says the sum shall not be less ..... section 76 and 77 as it stood at the relevant point of time are as ..... the absence of comma after the words 'rupees one hundred' it cannot be presumed that section prescribes minimum penalty of rs. ..... instant case, there is no ambiguity or doubt in arriving at the meaning of the wordings of the relevant section. .....

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Feb 22 2006 (TRI)

Greenply Industries Ltd. Vs. Cce

Court : Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal CESTAT Delhi

Reported in : (2006)(111)ECC151

..... during the period commencing on and from the 16th day of july, 1997 and ending with the 16th day of october, 1998, the provisions of chapter v of the finance act, 1994 (32 of 1994), as modified by section 116 of the finance act, 2000 (10 of 2000), shall have effect and be deemed always to have had effect subject to the following further modifications, namely: (a) in section 68, in sub-section (1), the following proviso shall be inserted at the end and shall be deemed to have been inserted on an from the 16th day of july, 1997, namely ..... president shall be deemed to be valid and always to have been valid for all purposes, as validly and effectively taken or done; (ii) any service tax refunded in pursuance of any judgment, decree or order of any court striking down sub ..... as they stood immediately before the commencement of the service tax (amendment) rules, 1998 shall be deemed to be valid and to have always been valid as if the said sub-clauses had been in force at all material times and accordingly,- (i) any action taken or anything done or purported to have been taken or done at any time during the period commencing on and from the 16th day of july, 1997 and ending with the day, the finance act, 2000 receives the assent of the .....

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Feb 22 2006 (TRI)

Mount Shivalik Industries Ltd. Vs. Cce and C

Court : Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal CESTAT Delhi

..... during the period commencing on and from the 16 day of july, 1997 and ending with the 16^th day of october, 1998, the provisions of chapter v of the finance act, 1994 (32 of 1994), as modified by section 116 of the finance act, 2000 (10 of 2000), shall have effect and be deemed always to have had effect subject to the following further modifications, namely: (a) in section 68, in sub-section (1), the following proviso shall be inserted at the end and shall be deemed to have been inserted on an from the 16^th day of july, 1997, namely: (i) in relation to ..... president shall be deemed to be valid and always to have been valid for all purposes, as validly and effectively taken or done; (ii) any service tax refunded in pursuance of any judgment, decree or order of any court striking down ..... as they stood immediately before the commencement of the service tax (amendment) rules, 1998 shall be deemed to be valid and to have always been valid as if the said sub-clauses had been in force at all material times and accordingly, - (i) any action taken or anything done or purported to have been taken or done at any time during the period commencing on and from the 16^th day of july, 1997 and ending with the day, the finance act, 2000 receives the assent of the .....

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Apr 04 2008 (TRI)

Ramsar Tex Private Ltd. Vs. Cce (St)

Court : Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal CESTAT Tamil Nadu

..... cce meerut ii , wherein it had been held that a person receiving taxable service from gto/c&f agent was not covered by the provisions of section 70 & 73 of the finance act, 1994 and that any demand notice issued to such a person by the department under section 73 was not maintainable. ..... these provisions were considered by the lower appellate authorities and it was held that the respondents were not liable to pay service tax on the gto service received by them during the above period as the demand of tax was raised beyond the time limit prescribed under section 73 of the finance act, 1994 as amended. ..... the question whether, under section 73 of the finance act, 1994, service tax could be demanded from a recipient of gto service for the aforesaid period was settled in the case of l.h ..... accordingly, the appellants' case is that the subject scns were issued within the powers of the department under section 73(1)(a) of the finance act, 1994. ld. ..... in these appeals, the appellants proceed to discuss the provisions of sections 70, 71, 71a & 73 of the finance act, 1994. ..... the revisional authority confirmed the demand of tax under section 84 of the finance act, 1994. ..... date is relevant because the relevant provisions of the finance act 1994 were amended by the finance act 2000 with effect from 16.11.97 to 1.6.98. ..... the appellants had received goods transport operators service (gto service, for short) during the period from 16.11.1997 to 1.6.1998 but had not filed service tax returns or paid service tax .....

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Nov 09 2005 (TRI)

20 Microns Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Central Excise

Court : Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal CESTAT Mumbai

..... all the sub headings under heading 25.05 with the result the statue book contained only the main tariff heading 25.05 with the enactment of finance act 1995, which was also the position prior to the enactment of finance act 1990.2.7 during the period 1990 to 1995, the sub heading 2505.10 read as underheading no sub heading no description of goods25.05 mineral ..... as it stood after enactment of finance act 1990 and before enactment of finance act 1995 was pari materia with heading ..... case of meera chemico industries v.commissioner of central excise, bhopal, reported in 2003 (56) rlt 396, after considering note 2 to chapter 25, circular of the board dtd 24th march 1986 and the explanatory notes to chapter 25 of the hsn, held that calcined magnesite would be correctly classifiable under chapter heading 25.05.3.6 the plea that in any event, the demand made pursuant ..... any event, the issue involved in the present appeal relates to the classification of calcined china clay and therefore, the proviso to section 11a(1) cannot be invoked and penalties cannot be imposed as no intent to evade by incorrect classification can be established.3.9 the duty ..... september, 2003 for the period 7th february, 2000 to 6th october, 2001 is barred under section 11a of the act & the only ground on which the larger period is invoked is that the appellants did not declare in the declaration that they manufacture calcined china clay and only declared the china clay has to be upheld & limitation bar is to be applied .....

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Mar 11 2005 (TRI)

Commissioner of C. Ex. Vs. Bhuwalka Steel Industries Ltd.

Court : Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal CESTAT Tamil Nadu

Reported in : (2005)(185)ELT153Tri(Chennai)

..... period, parliament declared that "any action taken or anything done or purported to have been (i) taken or done at any time during the period commencing on and from the 16th day of july, 1997 and ending with the day, the finance act, 2000 receives the assent of the president shall be deemed to be valid and always to have been valid for all purposes, as validly and effectively taken or done" vide section 117 of the finance act, 2000. ..... such demands are not affected by the amendments made to section 65 by parliament under section 116 of the finance act, 2000 and consequently they are hit by the apex court's ruling in ..... the supreme court's ruling, parliament amended section 65 ibid in relation to the limited period 16-7-1997 to 16-10-1998 under section 116 of the finance act, 2000, whereby recipients of 'goods transport' service and 'clearing and forwarding' service were defined as "assessees" ..... but these rules were held to be ultra vires sections 65 and 66 of the finance act, 1994 by the hon'ble supreme court in the case of ..... dr reiterates the grounds of this appeal and submits that, on account of retrospective revalidation of rule 2(1)(d)(xii) of the service tax rules, 1994 under section 117 of the finance act, 2000, the tax on the service availed by the respondents during the period of dispute ..... counsel, the demand of service tax raised by the department is heavily time-barred inasmuch as the demand raised after 12-5-2000 was not validated under section 117 of the finance act, 2000.ld. .....

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Oct 20 2004 (TRI)

Commissioner of C. Ex. Vs. Eid Parry Confectionery Ltd.

Court : Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal CESTAT Tamil Nadu

Reported in : (2005)(179)ELT447Tri(Chennai)

..... parliament declared that "any action taken or anything done or purported to have been (i) taken or done at any time during the period commencing on and from the 16th day of july, 1997 and ending with the day, the finance act, 2000 receives the assent of the president shall be deemed to be valid and always to have been valid for all purposes, as validly and effectively taken or done" vide section 117 of the finance act, 2000. ..... amendments made to section 65 by parliament under section 116 of the finance act, 2000 and consequently they are hit by the apex court's ruling in laghu udyog bharati (supra).furthermore, undisputedly, the demands raised by the department, in these cases, are far beyond the period of limitation prescribed under section 73 of the finance act, 1994.7. ..... the supreme court's ruling, parliament amended section 65 ibid in relation to the limited period 16-7-1997 to 16-10-1998 under section 116 of the finance act, 2000, whereby recipients of 'goods transport' service and 'clearing and forwarding' service were defined as " ..... but these rules were held to be ultra vires sections 65 and 66 of the finance act, 1994 by the hon'ble supreme court in the ..... the assessees submits that, as the subject show cause notices were received after 12-5-2000 (the date on which the finance act, 2000 received presidential assent), the demands of service tax raised therein are hit by the apex court's ruling ..... demands are barred by limitation prescribed under section 73 of the finance act, 1994. .....

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Nov 18 2004 (TRI)

Futura Fibres and Futura Polymers Vs. Cce

Court : Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal CESTAT Tamil Nadu

..... for the aforesaid limited period, parliament declared that "any action taken or anything done or purported to have been taken or done at any time during the period commencing on and from the 16th day of july 1997 and ending with the day, the finance act, 2000 received the assent of the president shall be deemed to be valid and always to have been valid for all purposes, as validly and effectively taken or done" vide section 117 of the finance act, 2000. ..... such demands are not affected by the amendments made to section 65 by parliament under section 116 of the finance act, 2000 and consequently they are hit by the apex court's ruling in laghu udyog bharati ..... to get over the supreme court's ruling, parliament amended section 65 ibid in relation to the limited period 16.07.1997 to 16.10.1998 under section 116 of the finance act, 2000, whereby recipients of `goods transport' service and `clearing and forwarding' service were defined as "assessees". ..... but these rules were held to be ultra vires sections 65 and 66 of the finance act, 1994 by the hon'ble supreme court in the case of laghu udyog bharati ..... counsel for the assessees has submitted that, as the subject show-cause notices were issued after 12/05/2000 (the date on which the finance act, 2000 received presidential assent), the demands of service tax raised therein are hit by the apex court's ruling in laghu udyog bharati vs uoi [1999 (112 ..... , the demands are barred by limitation prescribed under section 73 of the finance act, 1994. .....

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