The Delhi High Court has directed the GST department to pay 6% interest on delayed IGST refund.
The bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Ravinder Dudeja has observed that Section 56 of the CGST/DGST Act deals with the interest on delayed refunds. It provides that if any tax ordered to be refunded under sub-section (5) of Section 54 is not refunded within 60 days from the date of receipt of application, interest at the rate of 6% shall be payable in respect of such refund from the date immediately after the expiry of 60 days from the date of the receipt of the application till the date of refund of such tax.
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