Retrospective input tax credit relief removes delayed-availment demand, while mismatch claims and consequential penalty require fresh adjudication

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....Retrospective relaxation of the time limit for claiming input tax credit under section 16(5) can remove the section 16(4) impediment where returns for the relevant period were filed by 30 November 2021; accordingly, the delayed-availment demand for 2018-19 was quashed. Alleged GST short payment and excess credit arising from supplier-return mismatches require factual reconsideration, including verification of claimed voluntary payment and asserted insolvency proceedings involving the service provider. Consequential enhanced penalty depends on the surviving demand and therefore could not be sustained while the remaining issues required fresh adjudication.....