Interest on Delayed Payments for Property Sales Deemed Compensation, No Reversal of Cenvat Credit Required.

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....CENVAT Credit - exempt service or not - amount of interest received by the appellant on the delayed payment of the amount of consideration received from the sale of flats/villas/shops - The Tribunal observed that the interest received is akin to liquidated damages or compensation and does not constitute an exempted service. Therefore, the appellant is not liable for reversal of Cenvat credit based on this interest. The appellant did not perform any service to receive the interest; it was merely a deterrent for delayed payments, thus not requiring reversal of Cenvat credit.....