Anti-profiteering scope and remedies: wider inquiry upheld, proceedings survived omitted rules, but interest and penalty were excluded

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....Anti-profiteering proceedings may extend beyond the original complaint where the DGAP report warrants reconsideration, and Rule 133(4) supports further inquiry into wider products; the objection to jurisdiction was rejected. Omission of the rules constituting the former authority did not extinguish pending proceedings or prior orders, since the statutory anti-profiteering scheme continued through successor forums. The prescribed decision timeline was held directory, so delay did not bar the matter. The supplier was found to have failed to pass on a GST rate reduction by commensurate price reduction, and benefit had to reach each recipient. Interest and penalty were not imposed for the pre-amendment period because those provisions were introduced later.....