Unconditional omission of GST refund restriction invalidates proceedings based solely on the deleted rule after its removal.

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....Unconditional omission of Rule 96(10) of the CGST/WBGST Rules, 2017, without a saving clause, rendered the rule nonexistent for proceedings founded solely on it. Applying Supreme Court law on the effect of such omission, the High Court found that the impugned proceedings had no independent statutory basis. The show-cause notice and consequential orders concerning July 2017 to March 2021 were therefore quashed, and the writ petition was disposed of.....