Case Law Details
Dinesh Textiles Vs Commissioner of Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax (Supreme Court)
Noting that Central Excise Rule 12B and the notification talked about ‘aggregate value’ of clearances of job worker, the Supreme Court has held that assessee manufacturing textiles through job workers would be liable once aggregate value crossed the threshold. The Apex Court rejected assessee’s reliance on third illustration in CBEC Circular dated 30-10-2003. It held that third illustration did not fit in the scheme of Rule 12B. The assessee had pleaded that liability will be only in respect of a particular job worker whose clearance had exceeded threshold.
FULL TEXT OF THE HONORABLE SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT
1. These appeals filed under Section 35L of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (hereinafter referred to as “the Excise Act”) question the correctness of the Final Order dated 06.02.2018 passed by the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, South Zonal Bench, Bangalore (hereinafter referred to as “the Tribunal) in Central Excise Appeal No.E/370/2008-DB and Misc. Order No. 20697 of 2018 dated 15.06.2018 passed by the Tribunal rejecting application seeking rectification of mistake.
2. The Appellants are traders who get cotton fabrics and made-ups mentioned in Chapters 52 and 53 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (the ‘Tariff Act’, for short) manufactured through job workers.
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