Home Case Index All Cases Central Excise Central Excise + HC Central Excise - 2015 (9) TMI HC This
Forgot password New User/ Regiser ⇒ Register to get Live Demo
2015 (9) TMI 522 - HC - Central ExciseExtended period of limitation - wilful suppression of fact or commission of any fraud - suppression of production of goods and clandestine removal - Held that:- firstly the assessee had not produced invoices etc. despite being demanded by the Central Excise Officers vide letters dated 10.1.1990, 23.1.1990, 5.3.1990, 27.3.1990, 24.4.1990 and 14.5.1990 and when the Central Excise Officers visited the manufacturing unit on 17.5.1990 then the appellant took the stand that the records have burnt in a fire accident on 20.4.1990. The inquiry made by the Central Excise Officers revealed that neither fire brigade was called in the alleged incident of fire accident nor any furniture in the premises get damaged. It is also relevant to note that although the appellants were knowing well that the Central Excise Officers are repeatedly asking certain documents to be produced yet they had not given any intimation with regard to the alleged fire accident to the concerned Central Excise Officers about the alleged fire accident except stating that the intimation was sent by letter under Certificate of Posting. The concurrent findings of fact recorded by the fact finding authorities, as briefly noted above, clearly attracted the proviso to Section 11- A(1) of the Act. Removal of goods in the name of dummy unit and unestablished purchases from one M/s. Ajay Traders for trading purposes were clearly the result of suppression of facts and fraud by the appellants and, therefore, the Adjudicating Authority has not committed any error of law to invoke the extended period of limitation under the proviso to Section 11-A(1) of the Act. - Decided against the assessee.
|