Service Tax Exemption for SEZ Services Upheld Despite Documentation Issues; Procedural Gaps Don't Void Exemption.

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....Benefit of exemption - services provided to SEZ - Recovery of service tax alongwith interest and penalty - It is on record that the required documentation was not available for the entire period of the dispute but, at the same time, it cannot be denied that at some point, the eligibility did exist. The procedural infirmities, for a shorter or longer time, does not in any way supplant the exemption accorded to the impugned supply of services - AT....