Only Minor penalty imposable for Bonafide mistake in date on e-way bill

Greenlights Power Solutions Vs State Tax Officer (Kerala High Court) Revenue found a mistake in the format in the date in respect of the e-way bill and hence the petitioner was imposed with an amount of Rs.27,540/- as tax and a penalty of Rs.27,540/-. The said final order is challenged in this writ petition. Petitioner contended that detention of goods and the demand for furnishing security for the alleged tax and penalty payable was illegal and without authority. It was submitted that the default formatting system in the computer which generated the invoice as “mm-dd-yyyy” instead of the ...