Whether amount of pre-deposit amount can be adjusted against demand of duty ?
TRT-2026-1182

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- no

Held - It is not in dispute that the petitioner preferred an appeal under Section 107 of the Act after the period of limitation i.e. after a period of three months. Along with the said appeal, petitioner has also preferred separate application for condonation of delay. The said proceedings are still pending before the Appellate Authority.

It is the case of the petitioner that as per the provisions contained in section 107 of the Act, the.....

TRT-2026-278

Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes

Held - There is no denial about the entitlement of the appellant to have the refund of the amount as was deposited by him under section 35 F of CEA, 1944.  Commissioner (Appeals) has also appreciated that the apparent delay on part of original adjudicating authority for adjudicating the refund claim application of the appellant is only for the reason that the adjudicating authority wrongly waited for the outcome of denovo adjudication as .....