Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme settlement scope clarified to include pending penalty appeals and spousal apportionment benefits granted

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....Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme interpretation clarified that 'dispute' must be read broadly to include any pending appeal, including appeals against penalty orders, thereby bringing such appeals within scheme eligibility; this interpretation advances the scheme's beneficial object and requires departmental consistency where spousal apportionment of income under applicable matrimonial law is governed similarly, resulting in entitlement to settlement where co-claimant spouse obtained benefit; delays due to COVID and filings made while the scheme subsisted do not defeat eligibility, and exercise of writ jurisdiction is appropriate to secure scheme relief in such circumstances.....