{"id":8767,"date":"2006-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-12T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/commissioner-of-c-ex-vs-punjab-alkalies-and-chemicals-on-13-july-2006"},"modified":"2017-09-05T06:46:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T01:16:09","slug":"commissioner-of-c-ex-vs-punjab-alkalies-and-chemicals-on-13-july-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/commissioner-of-c-ex-vs-punjab-alkalies-and-chemicals-on-13-july-2006","title":{"rendered":"Commissioner Of C. Ex. vs Punjab Alkalies And Chemicals &#8230; on 13 July, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Commissioner Of C. Ex. vs Punjab Alkalies And Chemicals &#8230; on 13 July, 2006<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 2006 (203) ELT 223 P H<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: A K Goel, R Bindal<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p>1. This appeal has been preferred for decision of substantial questions of law proposed in para 4 of the memo of appeal. The questions proposed are as under:\n<\/p>\n<p>(i) Whether penalty under Section 11AC of the Central Excise Act, 1944 in cases where any duty of excise has not been levied or paid or has been short levied or short paid by reasons of fraud, collusion or any wilful misstatement or suppression of facts, or contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or of the rules made thereunder with intent to evade payment of duty, is mandatory or discretionary in nature?\n<\/p>\n<p>(ii) Whether mandatory equal penalty imposed under Section 11AC of the Central Excise Act, 1944 can be reduced?\n<\/p>\n<p>2. Learned Counsel for the assessee points out that against the impugned order of the Tribunal, the assessee has filed Civil Appeal No. 1254 of 2005 in the Hon&#8217;ble Sup On appeal from . reme Court on the issue of exigibility of duty itself. Order admitting the appeal is reported as Punjab Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd. v. Commissioner 2005 (184) E.L.T. A38 (S.C.).\n<\/p>\n<p>3. Admission of appeal in the Hon&#8217;ble Supreme Court on exigibility of duty itself shows that the mens rea for levy of penalty cannot be presumed as envisaged under Section 11AC of the Act. Once ingredients of Section 11AC of the Act are not satisfied, we do not find any fault with the order of the Tribunal whereby penalty has been reduced to Rs. 20,000\/-.\n<\/p>\n<p>4. We do not find any substantial question of law arising in this appeal. The same is, accordingly, dismissed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Commissioner Of C. Ex. vs Punjab Alkalies And Chemicals &#8230; on 13 July, 2006 Equivalent citations: 2006 (203) ELT 223 P H Bench: A K Goel, R Bindal ORDER 1. This appeal has been preferred for decision of substantial questions of law proposed in para 4 of the memo of appeal. 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