CESTAT: Revenue Cannot Apply Optional Excise Exemption Retrospectively Without Assessee’s Consent
Pranav B Prem The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the Revenue cannot compel an assessee to avail an optional exemption notification without its consent. The Tribunal emphasized that the choice to claim or not to claim such an exemption rests solely with the assessee, and authorities cannot retrospectively apply the benefit against the assessee’s option. &nbs...