https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=33548 Where service tax and interest were paid before the show-cause notice and the assessee disputed the levy on merits, insistence on pre-deposit of the penalty amount was considered unnecessary. The Tribunal accepted that several grounds had been raised against penalty and found that waiver of pre-deposit was justified. The stay application was accordingly allowed in favour of the appellant. en-us Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 24 May 2009 00:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=33548 Where service tax and interest were paid before the show-cause notice and the assessee disputed the levy on merits, insistence on pre-deposit of the penalty amount was considered unnecessary. The Tribunal accepted that several grounds had been raised against penalty and found that waiver of pre-deposit was justified. The stay application was accordingly allowed in favour of the appellant. Case-Laws Service Tax Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=33548