Interest on Wrongful Input Tax Credit is mandatory where excess transitional credit was retained and later reversed, and related objections were rejec...
High Court found the petitioner's statutory replies to Form GST DRC-01 notices inadequate, holding that mere production of voluminous documents does not negate alleged excess input tax claims. The Court required tabulation and reconciliation of bank statement entries with monthly GSTR-3B returns and annual GSTR-9/9C filings, and granted one opportunity for a clarified reply. Matters were remitted for fresh adjudication on merits, conditioned on the petitioner making a pre-deposit of Rs. 35,00,000 from its Electronic Cash Register within 30 days; bank attachment will be lifted on compliance and recovery proceedings are stayed during the compliance period.
High Court found the petitioner's statutory replies to Form GST DRC-01 notices inadequate, holding that mere production of voluminous documents does not negate alleged excess input tax claims. The Court required tabulation and reconciliation of bank statement entries with monthly GSTR-3B returns and annual GSTR-9/9C filings, and granted one opportunity for a clarified reply. Matters were remitted for fresh adjudication on merits, conditioned on the petitioner making a pre-deposit of Rs. 35,00,000 from its Electronic Cash Register within 30 days; bank attachment will be lifted on compliance and recovery proceedings are stayed during the compliance period.
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