https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=201908 Service tax pre-deposit relief was considered on a prima facie basis where the extended period finding was found to be sketchy. The demand for the earlier period appeared prima facie time-barred, while the balance demand within limitation required detailed examination of the nature of the activities and taxability at final hearing. Conditional protection was therefore granted: the appellant was directed to deposit Rs. 2.5 crores within eight weeks, and on compliance, waiver of pre-deposit of the balance amount and stay of recovery were granted pending disposal of the appeal. en-us Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:15:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=201908 Service tax pre-deposit relief was considered on a prima facie basis where the extended period finding was found to be sketchy. The demand for the earlier period appeared prima facie time-barred, while the balance demand within limitation required detailed examination of the nature of the activities and taxability at final hearing. Conditional protection was therefore granted: the appellant was directed to deposit Rs. 2.5 crores within eight weeks, and on compliance, waiver of pre-deposit of the balance amount and stay of recovery were granted pending disposal of the appeal. Case-Laws Service Tax Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=201908