Income tax reassessment reopening after four years on investigation tip, without s.147 proviso disclosure failure, struck down as borrowed satisfactio...
Refund under the inverted duty structure was denied by applying paragraph 2(2) of a circular restricting eligibility for refund applications filed after 13.07.2022. Relying on a coordinate bench ruling, the court held that paragraph 2(2) of Circular No. 181/13/2022-GST was ultra vires Section 54(3) of the CGST/GGST Act and violative of Article 14, and therefore could not govern refund adjudication; consequently, the impugned refund rejection and appellate order were quashed, the matter was remanded, and the proper officer was directed to reprocess the refund in accordance with law within 12 weeks. - HC
Refund under the inverted duty structure was denied by applying paragraph 2(2) of a circular restricting eligibility for refund applications filed after 13.07.2022. Relying on a coordinate bench ruling, the court held that paragraph 2(2) of Circular No. 181/13/2022-GST was ultra vires Section 54(3) of the CGST/GGST Act and violative of Article 14, and therefore could not govern refund adjudication; consequently, the impugned refund rejection and appellate order were quashed, the matter was remanded, and the proper officer was directed to reprocess the refund in accordance with law within 12 weeks. - HC
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