Income-tax refund adjustment permits retention only of the proposed demand amount, requiring immediate release of the remaining refund.

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....Where an income-tax refund is due and adjustment against an outstanding demand is proposed under section 245 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, the tax department may retain only the amount proposed for adjustment or withholding. It must promptly release the balance refund, without prejudicing either party's right to challenge the legality of the outstanding demand or the proposed adjustment. The balance refund was directed to be credited within the stipulated period; failure to do so would attract interest at the rate directed by the High Court.....