Refund of tax amount paid - Amount paid under protest - ...
High Court Rules Settlement Commission Can't Impose New Limitation Period; Refund Due for Excess Tax Paid Under Protest.
February 25, 2021
Case Laws Central Excise HC
Refund of tax amount paid - Amount paid under protest - applicability of time limitation - Though the petitioner had voluntarily paid the aforesaid amount during the course of investigation, in absence of the appropriation of the excess amount towards any other tax/duty liability of the petitioner, it was to be refunded back from the date of the impugned order of the first respondent Settlement Commission. The first respondent Settlement Commission cannot artificially impose a new period of limitation especially when the proceedings were pending before it - HC
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