High Court: Refund Claims Must Consider Manual Filing Date to Avoid Limitation Period Issues.

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....Refund of accumulated input tax credit - relevant date for the purpose of considering the limitation u/s 54 - The High Court addressed this issue by directing the respondent authority to consider the date of filing of the refund application, whether filed manually or online, as the date of filing the manual refund application. This decision aimed to ensure that the petitioner's refund claims would not be rejected based on the limitation period. Additionally, the petitioner was instructed to file fresh refund applications online within four weeks, with the date of such applications deemed to be the date of manual filing.....