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📰 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗡𝗼 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘-𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 📢 The court held, "No penalty should be imposed if there is no evidence questioning the appellant's bona fides in cases of minor e-way bill expiry."

📰 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗡𝗼 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 📢 The Court Held: "There is no mandate for automatic revocation of GST registration solely upon filing pending returns and paying tax dues with interest and late fees if registration was canceled under Section 29(2) for non-filing of returns."

📰 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗦𝗲𝗶𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 📢 The Court Held: "Without recording reasons for disbelief of the petitioner’s explanation, the seizure memo and penalty cannot be sustained."

📰 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 📢 The Court Held: "It is the assessee’s responsibility to check the GST portal for any notices or orders served, even post-cancellation of GST registration. Failure to monitor the portal does not render the assessment order invalid."

𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 (𝗚𝗧𝗔) 𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 📢 T𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱: "Service tax is not applicable to the appellant, as it did not issue consignment notes for the transportation services provided, and such activities fall under the Negative List."

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗵𝗶 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱: "BlackBerry India’s services were promotional and marketing in nature, not intermediary services. Refund of unutilised CENVAT Credit is therefore allowed."

𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗵𝗶 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱: "Once the service tax liability is discharged, regardless of whether by the service provider or recipient, a second payment cannot be demanded from the appellant."

𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗶 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗧𝗕 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗔𝗧 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱: "The supply of Set-Top Boxes (STBs) to subscribers does not constitute a service under ‘broadcasting’ or ‘STGU’ for service tax purposes, as it qualifies as a deemed sale. Consequently, VAT, not service tax, is applicable."

𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗧𝗮𝘅𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗱: "Construction services provided for a State Police Housing Corporation are not taxable, as these organizations are not engaged in any commercial or industrial activity."

𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗵 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗱: "Penalty under Sections 77 and 78 cannot be imposed when the appellant has suo-moto paid service tax with interest prior to the issuance of a show cause notice."