https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=260548 Where an assessee admitted service tax liability and made substantial payments towards tax and interest, the request to be permitted to approach the Settlement Commission should have been considered before finalisation of the demand and penalty order. As the authority did not consider that request and proceeded with the order in original, the Madras HC set aside the impugned order and allowed the assessee time to initiate settlement proceedings. en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:47:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=260548 Where an assessee admitted service tax liability and made substantial payments towards tax and interest, the request to be permitted to approach the Settlement Commission should have been considered before finalisation of the demand and penalty order. As the authority did not consider that request and proceeded with the order in original, the Madras HC set aside the impugned order and allowed the assessee time to initiate settlement proceedings. Case-Laws Service Tax Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=260548