Appeal allowed; impugned order quashed as regulator failed to prove nexus or manipulative scheme; sale genuine - s.12A(a)-(c), Regs 3(a)-(d),4(1),4(2)...
Appellant's ring-back tone service held OIDAR, taxable domestically for 01.07.2012-31.07.2016; liability confirmed, penalties vacated, remanded for re...
The HC sets aside the impugned order dated 8/9/2025 that blocked the petitioner's credit ledger account for failure to comply with the procedural mandate of Rule 86-A, noting the absence of contemporaneous reasons and insufficiency of the "reason to believe" standard as applied; the tribunal/authority is also directed to provide a post-decisional hearing which the petitioner is willing to avail. Relief is granted on condition that the petitioner furnishes a bank guarantee from a nationalised bank in the sum of Rs.6,50,00,000. The petition is disposed of accordingly, subject to compliance with the conditional direction and reservation of appropriate administrative follow-up.
The HC sets aside the impugned order dated 8/9/2025 that blocked the petitioner's credit ledger account for failure to comply with the procedural mandate of Rule 86-A, noting the absence of contemporaneous reasons and insufficiency of the "reason to believe" standard as applied; the tribunal/authority is also directed to provide a post-decisional hearing which the petitioner is willing to avail. Relief is granted on condition that the petitioner furnishes a bank guarantee from a nationalised bank in the sum of Rs.6,50,00,000. The petition is disposed of accordingly, subject to compliance with the conditional direction and reservation of appropriate administrative follow-up.
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