Recovery of CENVAT Credit - fraudulent availment of CENVAT ...
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December 28, 2021
Recovery of CENVAT Credit - fraudulent availment of CENVAT Credit - Merely because the company issuing invoice was found non-existent, the appellant could not be denied the availment of Cenvat Credit thereupon unless and until his involvement in terms of his knowledge about such non-existence and about the invoice to be bogus is not proved on record. Otherwise also there is no denial that the appellant has cleared his final product on payment of duty. - Once assessee is found to have acted with all reasonable diligence in its dealings within the meaning of Rule 9 (3) of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 will amount to casting an impossible or impractical burden on the assessee and same would be contrary to the rules. - AT
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