1993 (3) TMI 341

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....a reference which has now been converted into the revision. The following two questions have been raised: "(i) Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Board of Revenue was justified in setting aside the penalty imposed upon the dealer under section 16(1)(e) of the Rajasthan Sales Tax Act, 1954, on the ground that the penalty could not be imposed retrospectively or otherw....

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....ion preferred to a single member of the Board of Revenue was dismissed. In special appeal the Division Bench of the Board of Revenue has held that since there was no validly constituted circle, penalty under section 16(1)(e) cannot be levied. The submission of Mr. Bafna on behalf of the assessing authority is that the inaccurate particulars in the return have no correlation with the constitu....

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....penalised for an offence which was an offence in accordance with the law prevailing at the time when the offence was committed. No doubt the provisions of section 16(1)(e) were existing and it would have been an offence to submit a return which was false or having inaccurate particulars warranting therein but such return was required to be submitted to the prescribed authority and the return submi....