Interest under CGST Act Section 50 applies to revenue errors, not wrongful ITC claims; compensatory interest upheld.

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....Levy of interest under Section 50 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 - The provisions of Section 42 can only be invoked in a situation where the mismatch is on account of the error in the database of the revenue or a mistake that has been occasioned at the end of the revenue. In a case where the claim of ITC by an assessee is erroneous, as in this case, then the question of Section 42 does not arise at all, since it is not the case of mismatch, one of wrongful claim of ITC. - As far as the levy of interest on belated cash remittance is concerned, it is compensatory and mandatory and the levy is upheld to this extent. - HC....