GST limitation and suppression on ITC mismatch upheld after Covid-19 exclusion and extended-period notice challenge

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....For GST demand proceedings on input tax credit mismatch, limitation for the 2017-2018 period was treated as not expired because the Covid-19 interval was excluded under the limitation extension orders and Section 168A; scrutiny of returns under Section 61 and issue of Form ASMT-10 were also relied on to find suppression, supporting invocation of the extended period under Section 74. The challenge to the shift from intimation to notice was rejected, and the writ petition was dismissed with liberty to pursue the statutory remedy on merits.....