Collector Of Central Excise, Patna vs Usha Martin Industries on 28 August, 1997
It is also brought to the
notice that since 1980, it has been the
consistent stand of the Government that
whenever the inputs are exempted from duty
liability under a notification, they were always to
be treated as duty paid inputs and that is
evident from series of circulars issued by
Central Board of Excise & Custom from 1980 to
1985 and in that regard attention is sought to be
drawn to the decision of the Apex Court in CCE,
Patna vs. Usha Martin Industries reported in
1997(94) ELT 460 (SC). Attention is also drawn
to the Circular dated 26.09.2002 issued by the
Board withdrawing previous circulars and further
issuance of the circular dated 10.12.2002 in
relation to the clarification on the point of rate of
duty.