In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.117 (E), dated the 1st March, 2011, and last amended by notification No. 16/2012-Central Excise, dated the 17th March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.167 (E), dated the 17th March, 2012.
it is hereby clarified that goods of cotton, not containing any other textile material, shall include goods made from fabrics of cotton, not containing any other textile material, even if they contain sewing threads, cords, labels, elastic tapes, zip fasteners and similar items used for stitching, fastening, holding or adornment, of materials other than cotton.
Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the excisable goods of the description specified in column (2) of the Table below and falling within the tariff item of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), from so much of the duty of excise specified thereon under the said First Schedule, as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, namely:-
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance
In exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 15 of the Central Excise Rules 2002, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 17/2007-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2007
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (iii) of clause (c) of section 23A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government hereby specifies the resident public limited company as class of persons for the purposes of the said clause.
In our considered opinion, the notice issued under section 148 of the Act is nothing but mere change of opinion. The issues which have already been considered in the original assessment cannot be reappreciated in reassessment proceedings under the garb of income escaping assessment. If the Assessing Officer has not given any finding after considering the evidence on record, it cannot be said that the income had escaped assessment on account of concealment of income of the assessee.
We hold that the impugned circular dated 1.1.2013 obligating the concerned authorities to initiate recovery proceedings on the expiry of period as mentioned therein so far as it relates to the situations where appeals with stay applications have been filed, but no stay had been granted and the stay applications had been kept pending for reasons not attributable in any manner whatsoever to the petitioners/assessees and resultantly, no interim relief had been granted, is non est.
in Appendix F, in the column relating to Articles allowed free of duty, in item (a), for the words jewellery upto ten thousand rupees by a gentleman passenger or rupees twenty thousand by a lady passenger the words jewellery upto fifty thousand rupees by a gentleman passenger or one lakh rupees by a lady passenger shall be substituted.
