Legal Challenge Succeeds: Ex-Parte Demand Orders Quashed for Violating Time Limitations and Procedural Fairness Under Section 73(9)

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....HC quashed ex-parte demand orders dated 28.12.2023 and 11.07.2023 as time-barred under Section 73(9), referencing precedent in M/s Anita Traders case. The court determined that the impugned orders were issued beyond the jurisdictional time limitation for the financial year 2017-18, violating principles of natural justice. The orders were consequently invalidated, with the petitioner's challenge successfully upheld, thereby rendering the statutory notices null and void.....