M/S Oriental Insurance Company Limited vs Cce&Cst, New Delhi on 31 December, 2015
Although, we do not find any legal basis cited in the said judgment to allow adjustment of duty short paid out of the duty paid in excess, the fact remains that this judgment has been passed in the appellants own case and based on that judgment the appellant has pleaded that it should be allowed to adjust the said short payment of Rs.48,20,754/- out of the excess service tax paid during the period 2004-05. We are not entirely in agreement with the CESTAT observation quoted above but we also not relying upon the said judgment in this case. The very fact that such a pleading has been made and the amount has actually been paid in excess in 2004-05 shows the bonafies of the appellant. In these circumstances, we are unable to discern any evidence which would even suggest that there was any wilful mis-statement or suppression of facts on the part of the appellant with regard to the short payment of the said amount of duty.