https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=244661 The Tribunal upheld the decision to drop penalties under various provisions of the Finance Act, 1994, except for the Rs. 25000 penalty imposed on the respondent. The Tribunal accepted the respondent's argument of ignorance of the law, supported by the benefit of Section 80, as evidence of the absence of malicious intent in evading service tax payment. Consequently, the revenue's appeal was dismissed, and the cross objection was disposed of accordingly. en-us Thu, 19 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 10:41:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=244661 The Tribunal upheld the decision to drop penalties under various provisions of the Finance Act, 1994, except for the Rs. 25000 penalty imposed on the respondent. The Tribunal accepted the respondent's argument of ignorance of the law, supported by the benefit of Section 80, as evidence of the absence of malicious intent in evading service tax payment. Consequently, the revenue's appeal was dismissed, and the cross objection was disposed of accordingly. Case-Laws Service Tax Thu, 19 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=244661