Sabka Vishwas payment time granted for admitted liability, with protection from coercive action until the period expired.

The petitioner was allowed time to pay the admitted liability acknowledged in the mandate form under the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019. The HC confined the matter to that admitted amount, declined to examine other alleged liabilities, and directed payment within 45 days. Coercive action in relation to the admitted amount was restrained until the expiry of that period, giving the petitioner limited interim protection while the acknowledged liability was discharged.

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Issues: Whether the petitioner was entitled to time to pay the admitted amount under the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 and protection from coercive action till such payment.

Analysis: The admitted liability under the scheme was confined, for the purpose of this petition, to the amount specifically acknowledged in the mandate form. The Court declined to go into other alleged liabilities and directed that the admitted amount be paid within 45 days. It also protected the petitioner from coercive steps in relation to that amount until the stipulated period expired.

Conclusion: The petitioner was granted time to pay the admitted amount and was protected from coercive action for that limited period.

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