https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=384386 Coercive recovery of disputed tax by attachment of a bank account was impermissible while the assessee's appeal and stay application were pending, particularly after the directed predeposit of 20% had been made; the court treated the recovery as arbitrary and ineffective against the statutory appellate remedy. The amount already recovered was therefore directed to be refunded with interest from the date of recovery, as continued retention was unjustified. The writ petition accordingly succeeded and the respondents were required to restore the wrongly recovered amount within the time granted. en-us Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 23 Jan 2020 14:45:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=384386 Coercive recovery of disputed tax by attachment of a bank account was impermissible while the assessee's appeal and stay application were pending, particularly after the directed predeposit of 20% had been made; the court treated the recovery as arbitrary and ineffective against the statutory appellate remedy. The amount already recovered was therefore directed to be refunded with interest from the date of recovery, as continued retention was unjustified. The writ petition accordingly succeeded and the respondents were required to restore the wrongly recovered amount within the time granted. Case-Laws VAT and Sales Tax Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=384386