Interest on Wrongful Input Tax Credit is mandatory where excess transitional credit was retained and later reversed, and related objections were rejec...
A sanctioned GST refund of unutilised input tax credit could not be withheld because the balance remained unpaid due to revalidation and internal processing delays. The High Court held that an amount lawfully due could not be kept pending on account of administrative red tape, and that the authorities should have coordinated to complete disbursement. It accordingly directed release of the outstanding State tax refund with applicable interest under the GST enactments within 30 days.
A sanctioned GST refund of unutilised input tax credit could not be withheld because the balance remained unpaid due to revalidation and internal processing delays. The High Court held that an amount lawfully due could not be kept pending on account of administrative red tape, and that the authorities should have coordinated to complete disbursement. It accordingly directed release of the outstanding State tax refund with applicable interest under the GST enactments within 30 days.
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