2018 (5) TMI 981

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....er (Judicial) Shri D.R. Jakotia, Chartered Accountant, for appellant Shri Atul Sharma, Assistant Commissioner (AR), for respondent In all the four appeals, the appellants have challenged imposition of penalty under Section 78 of the Finance Act, 1994. The appellants are not disputing the levy of service tax and interest which were paid in case of Nimbeshwar Mahadeo Built Home even prior t....

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....llenged before the Hon'ble Supreme Court, which is pending. In these facts, the intention to evade the service tax does not establish. Hence the penalty under Section 78 was not imposable. 3. Shri Atul Sharma, learned Assistant Commissioner (AR) appearing on behalf of the Revenue, reiterates the finding of the impugned order. He submits that the appellants knowingly neither paid the service tax....