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The penalty prescribed under Section 171 (3A) cannot be imposed on the Respondent retrospectively. Accordingly, notice for imposition of penalty is not required to be issued to the Respondent.

Anti-profiteering— The brief facts of the case are that an application as filed by the Applicant before the Standing Committee on Anti-Profiteering alleging profiteering by the Respondent in respect of supply of “Monitors and TVs of screen size up to 32 inches” despite reduction in the rate of GST from 28% to 18% w.e.f. 01.01.2019. The Applicant No. 1 had also alleged that the product “LG LED TV” having value of Rs.12,600/- was sold at a lower price after the reduction in the GST rate from 28% to 18% w.e.f. 01.01.2019 but without commensurate reduction in the price. Held that— the Respondent has denied benefit of rate reduction to the buyers of his products in contravention of the provisions of Section 171 (1) of the CGST Act, 2017 and he has thus resorted to profiteering. Hence, he has committed an offence for violation of the provisions of Section 171 (1) during the period from 01.01.2019 to 30.06.2019 and therefore, he is apparently liable for imposition of penalty under the provisions of Section 171 (3A) of the above Act. However, perusal of the provisions of Section 171 (3A) under which penalty has been prescribed for the above violation shows that it has been inserted in the CGST Act, 2017 w.e.f. 01.01.2020 vide Section 112 of the Finance Act, 2019 and it was not in operation during the period from 01.01.2019 to 30.06.2019 when the Respondent had committed the above violation and hence, the penalty prescribed under Section 171 (3A) cannot be imposed on the Respondent retrospectively. Accordingly, notice for imposition of penalty is not required to be issued to the Respondent.
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