Service Tax: Amendment in notification - retrospective effect or prospective? - A benefit available on a plain reading of the notification cannot be denied retrospectively by issuing a notification. The Explanation introduced under N/N. 15/2002-S.T., dated 01.08.2002, therefore, takes effect only from the date of its issue - demand set aside

Central Excise: SSI exemption - clubbing of clearances - mutuality of interest - The free flow back of finance between the two firms establishes that there was mutuality on interest between the two firms and that the two were inter joined in their management and flow of funds.

Central Excise: Natural justice - when there is no adjudication order passed by the competent authority under the Statute there cannot be any appeal against interim order/communication passed during those proceedings - appeal is dismissed as pre-mature and non-maintainable

Customs: Valuation - the transaction value has been sought to be rejected only on the basis of the price list, catalogue, market enquiry as well as contemporaneous import of some of the items. All these grounds can at best raise a suspicion that value declared for assessment may be less.

Customs: Valuation - the enhancement cannot be based merely on contemporaneous imports. The time, place, the relationship of parties as well as the quantity to be supplied are all factors which have influence on the price fixed in the contract. This being so, the enhancement is without basis.

Customs: Valuation - rejection of declared value - The price of the identical goods which has been adopted to be assessed is not the declared value. In fact, the same is the assessed value. Therefore, the said value cannot be said as the value contemporaneous import.

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Service Tax: CENVAT credit - interpretation of definition of input service - advertising for sale of cars - That it was performed elsewhere does not alter the factum of usage of another service-provider for supplying a service - credit allowed

Central Excise: SSI exemption - availing cenvat credit - The appellant has made a feeble attempt to satisfy the condition of the notification by reversing an amount @ 10% of the value exempted goods, as provided in Rule 6(3) of the CENVAT Credit Rules 2004 - the prescription made in CENVAT Credit Rules cannot be imported into the conditions of N/N. 8/2003

Income Tax: Revision u/s 264 - period of limitation - The petitioner had applied before the AO u/s 154 within four years of the order sought to be corrected. The petitioner did not delay in filing the petition u/s 264 beyond the prescribed of one year from the date of passing of the order u/s 154 by the AO - HC

Income Tax: Claim of exemption u/s 54F - It is enough that the assessee procures the new property within the stipulated time provided in section 54F to claim the exemption. How the property purchased by the assessee is irrelevant.

Service Tax: Classification of services - whether works contract services or maintenance and repair services? - the work prior to 1st June, 2007 is also classifiable under the classification works contract as defined under Section 65(105) (zzm) of the FA

Income Tax: Addition - presumptions u/s 132(4A) - this is not a case where the additions are made on the basis of mere loose papers seized during search. It is a case where the documents seized during search contained entries made by the partner of the firm admittedly in his own handwriting and contained reference to the cash receipts - Additions confirmed - HC

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