Provisions under Section 120 of the CGST Act 2017 relating to “Appeal not to be Filed in Certain Cases”:
Section 120: Appeal not to be Filed in Certain Cases (CHAPTER XVIII: APPEALS AND REVISION) [*1]
(1) The Board may, on the recommendations of the Council, from time to time, issue orders or instructions or directions fixing such monetary limits, as it may deem fit, for the purposes of regulating the filing of appeal or application by the officer of the central tax under the provisions of this Chapter.
(2) Where, in pursuance of the orders or instructions or directions issued under sub-section (1), the officer of the central tax has not filed an appeal or application against any decision or order passed under the provisions of this Act, it shall not preclude such officer of the central tax from filing appeal or application in any other case involving the same or similar issues or questions of law.
(3) Notwithstanding the fact that no appeal or application has been filed by the officer of the central tax pursuant to the orders or instructions or directions issued under sub-section (1), no person, being a party in appeal or application shall contend that the officer of the central tax has acquiesced in the decision on the disputed issue by not filing an appeal or application.
(4) The Appellate Tribunal or court hearing such appeal or application shall have regard to the circumstances under which appeal or application was not filed by the officer of the central tax in pursuance of the orders or instructions or directions issued under sub-section (1).
Notes (History of Amendments in Bare Text):
1. CGST Section 120 introduced vide GOI Notification dated 12/04/2017, followed with CBEC Notification 9/2017 on commencement date of 01/07/2017.
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