Central Board of Excise & Customs vide its circular Circular No. 1010/17/2015-CX dated 23-10-2015 (F.No. 96/54/2014-CX.1) has clarified that Prosecution can now be launched where evasion of Central Excise duty or Service Tax or misuse of Cenvat Credit in relation to offences specified under sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 or sub-section (1) of section 89 of the Finance Act, 1994 is Rupees One Crore or More.
