2015 (4) TMI 561 - SC - Customs

Import of Nylon Filament Yarn - Denial of Exemption form CVD under Notification No. 6/2002-CE dated 01.03.2002 - denial on the ground that cenvat credit was availed - whereas it was not possible to avail the credit - Held that:- the CEGAT has come to the conclusion that when the credit under the CENVAT Rules is not admissible to the appellant, question of fulfilling the aforesaid condition does not arise. In holding so, it followed the judgment of the Bombay High Court in the case of Ashok Traders v. Union of India [1987 (10) TMI 53 - HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY], wherein the Bombay High Court had held that "it is impossible to imagine a case where in respect of raw nephtha used in HDPE in the foreign country, Central Excise duty leviable under the Indian Law can be levied or paid."

Thus, the CEGAT found that only those conditions could be satisfied which were possible of satisfaction and the condition which was not possible of satisfaction had to be treated as not satisfied. - Following decision of Thermax Private Limited v. Collector of Customs (Bombay), New Customs House [1992 (8) TMI 156 - SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] and Hyderabad Industries Limited v. Union of India [1999 (5) TMI 29 - SUPREME COURT OF INDIA] and AIDEK Tourism Services Private Limited v. Commissioner of Customs, New Delhi [2015 (3) TMI 690 - SUPREME COURT] appellants were entitled to exemption from payment of CVD in terms of Notification No. 6/02 - Decided in favour of assessee.