https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=427900 A Facilitation Council cannot reopen or review a rejected claim in the absence of express statutory power, and the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 cannot be applied retrospectively to revive a claim arising from a 1989-90 transaction. A rejection by the Council in 2009 had the character of an award and had to be challenged in accordance with law; the later award passed in 2016 without jurisdiction could not be sustained. The High Court should not have entertained the belated challenge to the 2009 decision or remanded the matter after the Council had acted without authority. en-us Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 20 Sep 2022 08:17:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=427900 A Facilitation Council cannot reopen or review a rejected claim in the absence of express statutory power, and the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 cannot be applied retrospectively to revive a claim arising from a 1989-90 transaction. A rejection by the Council in 2009 had the character of an award and had to be challenged in accordance with law; the later award passed in 2016 without jurisdiction could not be sustained. The High Court should not have entertained the belated challenge to the 2009 decision or remanded the matter after the Council had acted without authority. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=427900