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2013 (5) TMI 242

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..... 13 (4) TMI 180 - CESTAT NEW DELHI] and Indian Potash Ltd. Vs. CCE, Allahabad (2012 (12) TMI 347 - CESTAT, NEW DELHI) the provisions of Rule 6(2) and 6(3) are applicable when some common inputs are used in or in relation to the manufacture of dutiable final products as well as exempted final products and separate account of inventory of such common inputs and input services in respect of which cenv .....

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..... excise duty. At the stage of crushing of sugarcane for obtaining cane juice, baggase is obtained. According to the department, since baggase is an excisable product, fully exempt from duty, the same has to be treated as an exempted good in terms of definition of this term as given in Cenvat Credit Rules and since common cenvat credit availed inputs have been used in or in relation to the manufact .....

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..... Appeals) except for reduction of penalty to Rs.20,000/- vide order-in-appeal dated 22.2.2011, against which this appeal has been filed. 2. Heard both the sides. 3. Ms. Rashi Sureka, ld. Advocate for the appellant, pleaded that the baggase is an unavoidable waste product which arises in course of crushing of sugarcane, that though baggase is mentioned in the Central Excise Tariff, it cannot be .....

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..... both the sides and perused the records. 6. The only point of dispute in this case is as to whether in respect of clearances of baggase during period from 1.4.2008 to 31.3.2009 an amount equal to 10% of the sale value would be required to be paid in terms of the provisions of Rule 6(3) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004. I find that on this very issue, a Coordinate Bench of this Tribunal in the ca .....

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..... notice, I find that the show cause notice does not even mention as to which are the common inputs which are used at the stage of crushing of sugarcane. The show cause notice mentions chemicals viz. Phosphoric Acid, Hydrogen Peroxide, Caustic Soda, Sulphur, etc. but the same are used in the course of processing of the sugar and not at the stage of crushing of sugarcane at which stage the baggase a .....

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