Reasonable Cause for Late Return: penalty under section 271(1)(c) unsustainable where disclosure, audit filing and voluntary offer showed no concealme...
The licence agreement is a binding contract whose express terms require timely payment of licence fee, GST and interest; the petitioner breached those obligations by accruing substantial arrears, and the court treated the GST obligation as a statutory levy not excluded by the contract-consequence: petitioner's confusion on GST rejected. The existence of an in contract dispute resolution/alternative remedy led the court to decline exercise of extraordinary writ jurisdiction under Article 226 and dispose of the writ petition, while permitting the petitioner to pursue remedies provided in the agreement.
The licence agreement is a binding contract whose express terms require timely payment of licence fee, GST and interest; the petitioner breached those obligations by accruing substantial arrears, and the court treated the GST obligation as a statutory levy not excluded by the contract-consequence: petitioner's confusion on GST rejected. The existence of an in contract dispute resolution/alternative remedy led the court to decline exercise of extraordinary writ jurisdiction under Article 226 and dispose of the writ petition, while permitting the petitioner to pursue remedies provided in the agreement.
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