Electricity Qualifies As Input For Grant Of CENVAT Credit: Madras High Court
Live LawThe Madras High Court has held that electricity qualifies as an input for the grant of CENVAT credit under the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2002.The Bench of Justice Anita Sumanth and Justice R. Vijayakumar have observed that the captive power plant has been set up at substantial cost by the appellant at one of the company locations. The Madras High Court has held that electricity qualifies as an input for the grant of CENVAT credit under the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2002. Since the electricity generated had been both consumed in the factory at Sankar Nagar as well as wheeled out to the sister units, the respondents alleged contravention of Rules 6, 6, and 6 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2002, proposing the demand of duty, interest, and penalty. The submissions of the appellant revolve around the fact that electricity qualifies as an input for the grant of CENVAT credit under the CCR 2004.