Court Upholds MEIS Benefits for Para Cumidine and Diaminostilbene, Aligns with Finance Act 2019, Valid Until Dec 31, 2020.

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....The High Court held that the products Para Cumidine (ITC HS Code 2921 49 20) and Diaminostilbene 2, 2-disulphonic acid (DASDA) (ITC HS Code 2921 59 40) were part of Appendix 3B Table 2 of the MEIS scheme, and the revision of their ITC HS Codes through Notification No. 38/2015-2020 was merely to synchronize with the Finance Act (No. 2) of 2019. The Court observed that the annexures to the notification and the public notice No. 12/2015-2020 did not exclude these codes from the MEIS scheme. The reasons for denying the benefit were contrary to the notifications, which did not intend to exclude these products. The Court held that the contention of alignment with the Finance Act was untenable, as there was no change in the MEIS schedule for these.........