{"id":211494,"date":"2008-11-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ms-sjr-infrastructure-pvt-ltd-vs-the-union-of-india-on-20-november-2008"},"modified":"2017-10-11T01:54:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T20:24:04","slug":"ms-sjr-infrastructure-pvt-ltd-vs-the-union-of-india-on-20-november-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ms-sjr-infrastructure-pvt-ltd-vs-the-union-of-india-on-20-november-2008","title":{"rendered":"M\/S Sjr Infrastructure Pvt Ltd vs The Union Of India on 20 November, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">M\/S Sjr Infrastructure Pvt Ltd vs The Union Of India on 20 November, 2008<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: D.V.Shylendra Kumar<\/div>\n<pre>1\n\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA\nAT BANGALORE\n\nDated this the 2031 clay of November, 2008\n\nBEFORE:\n\nTHE Honrnm MR JUSTICE D V SHYLEHBLTUTKA .\n\nWrit Petition No. 144?6 _of.20_(?8     \nBETWEEN\n\nM\/S. SJR INFRASTRUCTURE \n190.}, SJR PRIMUS,  \nrm 8; am FLOOR, INDUSTRIAL :..p.Y\"ci5'f1: \n7m BLOCK, KORAMANGALA; --_  . \"  '\nBANGALORE - 560 095. \"   =\n\nREP. BY DIRECTOR\n\nMR. J. BQQTpEs,H\"R'2pp~r;a  A.  \nAGED AEBOU'FA3\u00a7.YEAfRS._V._\" T  myrmowga\n1 \"  '  A.H., Adv.]\n\nAND:\n\n 1.<\/pre>\n<p> .~\u00a7fr\u00a7~1E: ub:1.F1N1::IA<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; REP. BY ITS SECRETARY,<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb , M;NIs*rRs:oF FINANCE,<\/p>\n<p> T &#8220;&#8216;E.&#8217;)EP?AF?&#8217;I&#8217;h\u00a7ENT OF REVENUE,<\/p>\n<p> GOVERNMENT OF&#8217; INDIA,<\/p>\n<p>. &#8220;Tx~JR&#8217;m_13.:.ocz&lt;,<br \/>\n NEW DELHI &#8211; 110 001.\n<\/p>\n<p>T}&#8217;\u20acE&#8221;GEN&#8217;FRAL BOARD OF&#8217;<br \/>\nA &#8216; 4_ EXCISE AND CUSTOMS,<br \/>\n&#8220;REP. E3? ITS CHAIRMAN,<br \/>\n&#8221; HAVING ET8 OFFICE AT<br \/>\nNORTH BLOCK,<br \/>\nNEW DELHI &#8211; 110001.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>3. THE COMMISSIONER op SERVICE TAX,<br \/>\nsssmcs TAX COMMISSICENERATE,<br \/>\nNO. Is\/1 ; SP. COMPLEX,<br \/>\nLALBAGH ROAD,  u __<br \/>\nBANGALORE &#8212; sec 027.  .\u00a7{ESPONDEN'&#8221;?S <\/p>\n<p>TI-{IS PETITION IS malt; uN13I:R;AI2%rIoLss 52i;l3&#8217;z31%.ND 227 ow &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>THE CONSTITUTION ow INDIA, PRAYING TO &#8216;QUASH *TH&#8217;\u00a3~3\u00ab;T&gt;E1C&#8217;I;AR&#8217;I~i3<br \/>\nTHAT THE CIRCULAR NO. gs\/I\/goes\u00bb  =I..I;2oos-ss.___vI:sE<br \/>\nANNEXURE &#8212; A, IN so FAR AS IT DENIES CREDIT 05 wax. PI&#8217;I_._ID,ON_<br \/>\nINPUT oooos AND SERVICES USED &#8221; \u00a7&#8217;oI=2=&#8221;ssfI*r1Nc;I UP&#8221;.<br \/>\nXMMOVAESLE PROPERTY FOR ms&#8221;-VI&gt;}2ovIbINe.VVos }&gt;?.E3N&#8217;f&#8217;IhIG or<br \/>\nIMMOVABLE PROPERTY sssvzcs &#8216;Is ULTRA V-!.RES&#8221;&#8216;I&#8217;}-I&#8217;I&#8217;$ FINANCE<br \/>\nACT, 1994 AND THE CENVAT CREDIT&#8221;IRU{,ES, 2os4_IN_I3o FAR AS<br \/>\nPETITIONER IS CONCERI&#8217;\u20acE1&#8243;?_AND  I  &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>THIS PE&#8217;I&#8217;ITiON COMIIEEA{IN&#8217;EF&#8217;OR_.I:15i3AEVI,fM_INARY HEARING,<br \/>\nTHIS DAY,&#8217;1&#8217;HE COURT MAoEf_IfHE&#8217; Eo.I.LowINs;*-&#8216;<\/p>\n<p>Writ    ~  who is a service<br \/>\nprovides;   I terms of the provisions of<\/p>\n<p>Section esreaa s\u00abittI.%AcI\u00a7ssse%. :05 of the Finance Act, 1994<\/p>\n<p> [for \u00a7}ji()I&#8217;E,. tho Ac_1V_;]&#8217;.  I<\/p>\n<p> VA   pcti\ufb01oner claims to be aggrieved by the<\/p>\n<p>s1ioI\u00a7I&#8221;%oaus\u00e9&#8217;I: dated 16&#8211; 104008 [copy at Am1ex11re&#8211;B<\/p>\n<p> &#8211;  &#8216;to the I\u00e9v.1f\ufb01 petition] that has been issued by the assessing<\/p>\n<p>   and also the circular dated 4-1-2008 [copy at<\/p>\n<p> \u00a3I1_iJ1exure~A to the writ peti\ufb01on] issued by the central<\/p>\n<p>s\/<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>board of excise and customs, which aceordiz1gVT&#8211;&#8216;te the<br \/>\nlearned counsel for the petitioner is the basis<br \/>\ncause notice and is sought to be relied<br \/>\ndenial of the credit availed by<br \/>\npaid on the input of service provitle\u00e9   L&#8217;<br \/>\ngiven credit in Iespect of all  of  Rule&#8217;<br \/>\n3 of the CENVAT Cxecaig~~1cg;,11&lt;&#039;\u00a7sl;i2ljl\u00a757l.&#039;v,&#039;[for sheet,  Rules],<br \/>\nso long as the   been paid on<br \/>\nany input of   the factory of the<br \/>\nm.a,nufactL11\u00a7&quot;e_   or the premises of the<br \/>\n _1{3lV*V1wSepte13:1ber 2004 and any<br \/>\ninput  by the manufactuter of \ufb01nal<\/p>\n<p>prodjoet or oro*J:it:ler  otltput on or after 1031 September<\/p>\n<p>   a bene\ufb01t available &quot;under the statutory<\/p>\n<p>&quot;;e+e{r1eienIs*,t. be; sought to be denied under the circular.<\/p>\n<p> &#039; 3.  It  ie&quot; this baekgound, the validity of the ci3&#039;(:ular_<\/p>\n<p> *   is questioned as ultra vires the provisions of not only<\/p>\n<p>-&#8216;  of Rules but also of the Act; that the circular not only<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>creates a liability far in excess of the provisions of-the Act<br \/>\nbut aiso virtually anmiis the effect of the<br \/>\nto the assesses under Ruie 3 of the Rules.&#8217;   it  it  _ _\n<\/p>\n<p>4. Appearing on behalf of the&#8221;&#8221;petitioner,&#8221; i f i<br \/>\nlearned counsel, would V\u20acVhf&#8217;3IfIf1b(A:&#8217;i&#8217;,iiC1__t:I:\u00a7A&#8217;;A&#8217;.V_i.<br \/>\npetitioner though has approached<br \/>\nof the issue of show  replffizlg to the<br \/>\nshow cause notice is or   as the show<\/p>\n<p>cause notice ;recites the  is questioned in<\/p>\n<p>this writ   &#8216;theiicontehts of the circuiar issued<br \/>\nby thefhigher:  the Board, binds all the<\/p>\n<p>officers functioning itsrider the Board and the assessing<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;~  will have&#8211;no other option even when the fallacy<\/p>\n<p> _o\u00a3&#8221; thee  pointed out; that repiying to the show<\/p>\n<p>cause I1otieeV_ putting forth such contentions before the<\/p>\n<p> *..assess&#8217;ing authority will be an exercise in futility,<\/p>\n<p>   when the petitioner is questioning the very<\/p>\n<p>  of the circular on the strength of which the show<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>cause I&#8221;}.{)&#8217;\u20ac:iC\u20ac is issued; that it is appropriate this court<br \/>\nshould examine the legality of the circular even git this<br \/>\nstage, so that the legal position is settled etc. V i<\/p>\n<p>5. Learned counsel for the petitioner<br \/>\nthrough the Show cause notice,\u00bb-.   the<br \/>\n\ufb01rovisions of the Act and the VRuiet=;,<br \/>\ncause notice does not &#8220;&#8216;thati.t.i1e  &#8216;L<br \/>\nbased on the circular dges; stipportlifrom the<\/p>\n<p>circular. There is not even re&#8217; :&#8217;refe&#8221;re11ce to the Board<\/p>\n<p>circular.\n<\/p>\n<p>6. Be: that V  \ufb01fixid that irrespective of the<\/p>\n<p>merits of  is not very feasible or advisable<\/p>\n<p> V. to \u20ac_jv9s&#8217;.2&#8217;\u00a7}.&#8217;.I\u00a3];&#8217;1__fI:1\u20aclLh(&#8216;3a &#8216;question at this stage even before the<\/p>\n<p>V&#8217;i~&#8230;aufha_r:ti\u00a2sl  examined the question in the context of<\/p>\n<p>the fact sitiiation of the pe\ufb01\ufb01oner and have come up with<\/p>\n<p>  otdei; &#8216;qtiantifying the liability of the petitioner under<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;tiie Vplfovisions of the Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>3\/<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;7<\/p>\n<p>9. While it is a settled principle that tire constitutional<br \/>\nvalidity of even a statutory provisions is not as<br \/>\nan academic exercise, unless the<br \/>\na clear cause of action to questiozgi    T<br \/>\nin the sense the provisions<br \/>\nparticular petitioner  of &#8221; \ufb01re<br \/>\nadverse consequence     person,<br \/>\nexamining the V   produced at<br \/>\nAnnexure-A,&#8221;     has a statutory<br \/>\nforce to    i an internal matter<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;   vview into the provisions<br \/>\nand havitig\u00e9iissuerii   for the sake of enforcement<\/p>\n<p>of the&#8221; tprovisioris&#8217; of the Act in a uniform manner<\/p>\n<p>   C011I1\u00a5SIjV and may be with a View to apprise<\/p>\n<p>eve3{&#8216;1__the as to the stand of the board, so that<\/p>\n<p>V . the &#8220;asseissees can either suitably comply with or avail<\/p>\n<p>it it   as&#8221;&#8216;i3:1ay be advisable as and when they su\ufb02er any<\/p>\n<p>.  s\ufb01\ufb01erse orders, does not arise nor is neoessary at this<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;~  _ imfoiee   remeche~s&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>10. i am of the View that there is no need to examine<br \/>\neven the validity of the circular at this stage and &#8220;is only<\/p>\n<p>on the application of the contents of the &#8216;the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner suifers an adverse order &#8216;\u00bb_sU;e21_ order <\/p>\n<p>quantifying the liability under tile      &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>contravention of the statuteiy pfoazisions,i\ufb01s*&#8217;iie:1;iief_j&#8221;; of <\/p>\n<p>Act or the Rules, there mayyknot    for this<br \/>\ncourt to examine the   it is to the petitioner<br \/>\nto file its objections   notice within a<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;ten  ii&#8217;o1n~&#8211;today before the authority<br \/>\nand  foe &#8221;  .\n<\/p>\n<p>.11. _Witiio1.it&#8221;  to the petitioners options to<\/p>\n<p>o<\/p>\n<p>as are available to the petitioner in<\/p>\n<p>   &#8216;petition is dismissed at this stage without<\/p>\n<p>going  merits of the circular or the merits of the<\/p>\n<p>&lt;._show eaiise notice.\n<\/p>\n<p>Sd\/&#8211;\n<\/p>\n<p>Iudge<\/p>\n<p>a new:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court M\/S Sjr Infrastructure Pvt Ltd vs The Union Of India on 20 November, 2008 Author: D.V.Shylendra Kumar 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE Dated this the 2031 clay of November, 2008 BEFORE: THE Honrnm MR JUSTICE D V SHYLEHBLTUTKA . 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