https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=179092 A quasi-judicial tax order must address every material objection raised by the assessee, especially where the objection relies on binding precedent and departmental clarification. Failure to consider a substantive ground makes the adjudication unfair, arbitrary, and contrary to natural justice because a reasoned decision must show that relevant submissions were examined. On that basis, the order confirming service tax liability was found unsustainable where the material challenge to taxability of coal washing as business auxiliary service had not been dealt with. en-us Tue, 24 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 13 May 2016 15:58:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=179092 A quasi-judicial tax order must address every material objection raised by the assessee, especially where the objection relies on binding precedent and departmental clarification. Failure to consider a substantive ground makes the adjudication unfair, arbitrary, and contrary to natural justice because a reasoned decision must show that relevant submissions were examined. On that basis, the order confirming service tax liability was found unsustainable where the material challenge to taxability of coal washing as business auxiliary service had not been dealt with. Case-Laws Service Tax Tue, 24 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=179092