Whether grant of opportunity of personal hearing before the due date of filing reply to show cause notice is valid ?
TRT-2026-1270

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes

Held - it is crystal clear that the refund application cannot be rejected without hearing the applicant (petitioner herein) and in the instant case, admittedly; the rejection order dated 31.07.2020 (Annexure-6) has been passed without providing any opportunity of hearing to the petitioner.

At this stage it is pertinent to mention here that while a Personal Hearing (P.H.) was fixed on 30.07.2020, but admittedly it was premature in natur.....

TRT-2026-928

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes

Held - Admittedly, the show cause notice dated 21.11.2022 issued at 18:17:33 hrs to the petitioner, calls upon the petitioner to submit a reply within a period of 15 days. But, however, in the very same show cause notice, the petitioner has been called upon to appear before the respondent on 28.11.2022 at 03:00 p.m. either through physical / virtual hearing. Having given time for the petitioner to submit a reply within a period of 15 days from.....