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2015 (10) TMI 2456 - HC - Central ExciseDuty demand u/s 11AB - Whether the appellant is liable to pay interest under Section 11AB of the Act or interest liability is to be determined in terms of clause (v) of Section 88(4) of the Finance Act, 2004 as incorporated by Section 124 of the Finance Act, 2005 - Held that:- Section 88(1) of the 2004 Act retrospectively amended Rule 3(6) of the 2002 Rules providing that AED (GSI) Credit accrued prior to 1.4.2000 could not be used for payment of BED and SED. However, sub-section (4) of Section 88 thereof provided for recovery of AED (GSI) Credit prior to 1.4.2000 which was availed for payment of BED and SED - Section 11A of the Act provides for recovery of duties not levied or not paid or short levied or short paid or erroneously refunded. Section 11AB of the Act as it existed at the relevant time mandates payment of interest on delayed payment of duty. The relevant date specified in the provision as 10.9.2004 is for the purpose of determining the period of limitation for issuing show cause notice for recovery under Section 11A of the Act and not for levy of interest under Section 11AB of the Act. The appellant had wrongly utilized AED (GSI) Credit pertaining to period prior to 1.4.2000 in 2003 immediately after amendment to Rule 3(6) of 2002 Rules. Thus, the interest liability under Section 11AB of the Act would commence from 1st day of the following month when wrong utilization had taken place till the payment of wrongly utilized credit. - The relevant clause (v) of sub-section (5) thereof stipulates that interest on the amount of credit utilized for paying CENVAT duty shall be @ 13% per annum for the period beginning on and from the day when each time the amount of credit was utilized and ending on 10.9.2004. Though subsection (5) added to Section 88 of 2004 Act starts with non obstante clause and would have an overriding effect on sub-section (4) of Section 88 of 2004 Act, nonetheless it would apply only to those cases where the wrongly utilized AED (GSI) Credit still remains outstanding on the date of the coming into force of Finance Act, 2005. - No substantial question of law arises - Decided against assessee.
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