Appellant's Penalty Set Aside: No Evidence of Tax Evasion Found After Prompt Payment of Tax and Interest.

Imposition of penalty - intention to evade service tax - it is found that the contention of the appellant that they bona fidely believed that they are not liable to pay service tax but when the audit party raised the objection that they are liable to pay service tax, then they immediately paid the service tax along with interest which is admitted in the impugned order, is justified - Further except mere allegation of suppression, the Department did not bring any material to prove that there was suppression and concealment of facts to evade payment of tax. - Penalty set aside. - AT .....

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