Bona fide disclosure requirements govern under-reporting penalties, and post-penalty immunity applications cannot secure available statutory protectio...
Certificate-of-origin verification procedure governs preferential customs benefits; denial without retroactive verification was set aside with consequ...
Disciplinary Committee jurisdiction and mandatory investigation requirements invalidated cancellation of an insolvency professional's registration and...
Refund of service tax - Period of limitation - It is not necessary that there should be an order of rejection of refund. If a litigation is at the stage of Show Cause Notice and there is a proposal for rejection, the Show Cause Notice has to be adjudicated after considering the amendment brought forth vide the Finance Act, 2016. It cannot be then said that the Adjudicating Authority has to first reject the claim and thereafter assessee has to file a fresh claim under the amended Notification of 2016 - The intention of the Government is very much clear from the Notification which is to grant refund retrospectively with effect from 01.07.2012. This cannot be frustrated by clinging on to technical formalities. - AT
Refund of service tax - Period of limitation - It is not necessary that there should be an order of rejection of refund. If a litigation is at the stage of Show Cause Notice and there is a proposal for rejection, the Show Cause Notice has to be adjudicated after considering the amendment brought forth vide the Finance Act, 2016. It cannot be then said that the Adjudicating Authority has to first reject the claim and thereafter assessee has to file a fresh claim under the amended Notification of 2016 - The intention of the Government is very much clear from the Notification which is to grant refund retrospectively with effect from 01.07.2012. This cannot be frustrated by clinging on to technical formalities. - AT
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