High Court Rules Show Cause Notice Invalid Due to Expired Limitation Period in Business Auxiliary Service Tax Case.

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....Validity of show cause notice - the respondent was registered with the service tax department in the year 2004; during 2006 the Director General of Central Excise and Intelligence conducted search and seizure in the premises of the respondent and seized various records. It is thereafter in August 2006, the Officer from Dhanbad alleged that conversion charges for conversion of coal into coke attracted service tax under the category “Business Auxiliary Service” - t is only in the year 2010, the SCN was issued invoking the extended period of limitation - SCN was barred by limitation. - HC....