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Demand of service tax - Vague show cause notice - SCN was completely silent on the nature of respective activities so as to fall under any specific ‘service’ - The department cannot take shelter on account of failure of the appellant to produce and supply the documents, and it was incumbent upon them to have ascertained the actual nature of the services for the purpose of levying the service tax under the respective clause - there are no hesitation in holding tht the show cause notice needs to be quashed being vague. - AT
Demand of service tax - Vague show cause notice - SCN was completely silent on the nature of respective activities so as to fall under any specific ‘service’ - The department cannot take shelter on account of failure of the appellant to produce and supply the documents, and it was incumbent upon them to have ascertained the actual nature of the services for the purpose of levying the service tax under the respective clause - there are no hesitation in holding tht the show cause notice needs to be quashed being vague. - AT
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