RITU BAHRI, MANISHA BATRA
Crompton Greaves Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Ritu Bahri, J.
CM-218-CII-2011
For the reasons mentioned in the application, the same is allowed and the delay of 10 days in re-filing the appeal is condoned.
VATAP-1-2011 (O&M)
2. The appellant has come up in appeal against the order dated 19.11.2009 (Annexure A-10) passed by the VAT Tribunal, Punjab.
3. The facts of the case are that the appellant is a dealer engaged in the business of manufacture and sale of electrical goods, electrical fittings at Mumbai and has branches all over India including Jalandhar. The appellant M/s. Crompton Greaves Ltd. purchased EFS KV.350 MVA, Oil type, Extensible Fuse Switchgear from M/s. CG Lucy Switchgears Limited, Nasik and the same were sold to M/s. Arihant Industrial Equipment, Armitsar and the selling dealer was asked to issue Invoice and GR in the name of M/s. Arihant Industrial Equipment, Amritsar in the account of the appellant. The appellant had placed on record following three invoices:
4. The goods were accompanied by the Go
A & G Projects and Technologies Ltd. v. State of Karnataka (2009) 19 VST 239 (SC)
The court established that the burden of proof lies with the appellant to substantiate claims of tax-free transactions, which was not met in this case.
The burden of proof lies with the petitioner to establish the genuineness of documents and actual movement of goods; failure to do so justifies seizure under the IGST/CGST Act.
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