High Court Allows Petition: Authorities Must Consider Extension Requests for Refund Claims Amid COVID-19 Circumstances.

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....Refund claim - rejection of refund claim without even dealing with the request of the petitioner seeking extension of time - The extension of time had been granted by virtue of a Notification to cover all situations relating to the Covid-19 pandemic and the difficult circumstances arising therefrom. Even if the reply in the present case to the show cause notice had to be filed online, it goes without saying that certain documents/material had to be collected/collated for the purpose of filing a comprehensive reply. - The authorities were obligated to grant extension in time to the petitioner for submission of a reply to the show cause notice dated 23.04.2020 up to 30.06.2020 and thereafter to deal with the issue on merits - Petition allowed. - HC....