https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=240666 At the interim stay stage, the Bombay High Court treated the dispute over Rule 53(6)(b) of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Rules, 2005 as a question of legal interpretation and held that deposit attributable to penalty should not be insisted upon for stay. The Court modified the impugned directions by limiting the pre-deposit to 25% of the disputed tax amount only, while leaving the merits of the rule interpretation to the appellate authority. It also directed that the appeal be decided expeditiously after such deposit. en-us Mon, 11 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 06:30:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=240666 At the interim stay stage, the Bombay High Court treated the dispute over Rule 53(6)(b) of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Rules, 2005 as a question of legal interpretation and held that deposit attributable to penalty should not be insisted upon for stay. The Court modified the impugned directions by limiting the pre-deposit to 25% of the disputed tax amount only, while leaving the merits of the rule interpretation to the appellate authority. It also directed that the appeal be decided expeditiously after such deposit. Case-Laws VAT and Sales Tax Mon, 11 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=240666