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2013 (4) TMI 406

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..... . Thakur: 1. This is an appeal filed by the appellant against Order in Appeal NO.SRP/17/VAPI/2012-13 dated 13/09/12 under which the Commissioner (A) has rejected the appeal filed by the appellant. The issue involved in this case is whether cenvat credit is admissible on the basis of invoice on which serial number is hand-written. 2.The ld. Counsel on behalf of the appellant argued that as per er .....

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..... is case, he relied upon the judgment of the Tribunal in the case of Pepsico India Holding P. Ltd. vs. CCE, Mumbai-II[2012 (284) ELT 514 (Tri.-Mumbai.)]. 3. The ld. A.R. on the other hand relied upon the judgment of the Honble High Court of Himachal Pradesh in the case of Commr. of C. Ex. Vs. Chandra Laxmi Tempered Glass Co. Pvt. Ltd. [2009 (234) ELT 245 (H.P.)]. 4. Heard both the sides. The onl .....

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..... voice shall bear a printed serial number. The appellant has, therefore, correctly made out the point that under existing Central Excise Rules, there is no requirement that the invoice should bear printed serial number only. It is an accepted legal position that substantial benefit should not be denied to the assessee simply on procedural discrepancies. In the present case, there is no dispute that .....

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..... xcise vs. Chandra Laxmi Tempered Glass Co. Pvt. Ltd. [2009 (234) ELT 245 (H.P.)], relied upon by the ld. A.R. is not applicable because the same was pronounced with respect to Rule 57G of the earlier Central Excise Rules, 1944 when there was a specific obligation under Rules 52A to have serially printed invoices. It is once again emphasized that substantial benefit cannot be denied to the assessee .....

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