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GST PITARA

CESTAT Notifications

CESTAT (Procedure) Rules, 1982 - Specified amendments by CESTAT
Notification No. 1/2020 kept in abeyance. — (1) Considering the difficulties
expressed by the Bar Association, following amendments in the Customs, Excise
and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1982 brought by Notifica-
tion dated 11-5-2020 the CESTAT have been kept in abeyance until further
orders :
(a) New sub-rule (5) to Rule 9 by which it was required that every
Memorandum of Appeal or Cross Objection and the documents
filed along with such Appeal or Cross Objection should be accom-
panied by its soft copy stored in two pen drives.
(b) New sub-rule (8) to Rule 16 by which it was required that soft cop-
ies of the Paper Book should also be stored in two pen drives and
filed along with such Paper Book.
(c) The last sentence of the substituted sub-rule (5) of Rule 28A by
which it was required that the soft copies of the stay application, the
relevant orders and the documents, should also be stored in two
pen drives and filed along with such application.
(2) It has also been clarified that submission of pen drives along with
appeal memorandum or applications or the paper book is optional. — CESTAT
Notification F. No. 01(05)/Circular/CESTAT-2017, dated 23-5-2020. (See page S3)

GST Departmental Clarifications

Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme Rules, 2019 -
Circular No. 1071/4/2019-CX.8 amended. — Taking into consideration amend-

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