Daily Archives: November 15, 2025

HC Relegates Fraudulent ITC Case to Appeal, Citing Disputed Facts and Alternate Remedy.

By | November 15, 2025

HC Relegates Fraudulent ITC Case to Appeal, Citing Disputed Facts and Alternate Remedy. Issue Can a High Court, in its writ jurisdiction, entertain a challenge to a GST demand order (OIO) involving complex allegations of fraudulent Input Tax Credit (ITC), by bypassing the statutory appeal remedy, on the grounds of an alleged violation of natural… Read More »

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Ex Parte GST Orders Quashed as Notices on Old Portal Denied Effective Hearing; Matter Remanded.

By | November 15, 2025

Ex Parte GST Orders Quashed as Notices on Old Portal Denied Effective Hearing; Matter Remanded. Issue Whether ex parte GST demand orders are legally valid when the Show Cause Notices (SCNs) were uploaded to the GST portal of an “erstwhile concern,” which the new proprietor (petitioner) was not accessing, thereby resulting in a denial of… Read More »

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GST Demand for Already-Paid Tax Quashed; Recovery Limited to Interest Proposed in SCN.

By | November 15, 2025

GST Demand for Already-Paid Tax Quashed; Recovery Limited to Interest Proposed in SCN. Issue Can the GST department issue a final demand order (DRC-07) and initiate coercive recovery (bank attachment) for a principal tax amount, when the preceding Show Cause Notice (SCN) explicitly stated that the tax had already been paid and only proposed a… Read More »

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Ex Parte GST Order Quashed as Accountant’s Failure to Inform Denied Hearing.

By | November 15, 2025

Ex Parte GST Order Quashed as Accountant’s Failure to Inform Denied Hearing. Issue Whether ex parte (one-sided) GST adjudication orders are legally valid if the taxpayer’s failure to file a reply or attend a hearing was due to their accountant’s error in not informing them of the Show Cause Notices (SCNs)? Facts The GST department… Read More »

HC Quashes Ex Parte GST Order; Remands Subject to 25% Deposit or ECL Recovery Verification.

By | November 15, 2025

HC Quashes Ex Parte GST Order; Remands Subject to 25% Deposit or ECL Recovery Verification. Issue Whether an ex parte assessment order (DRC-07), passed after a Show Cause Notice (DRC-01) was allegedly not noticed by the taxpayer on the GST portal, should be quashed, and what conditions apply for a fresh hearing, especially when the… Read More »

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Interest Disallowance Invalid as National Income Offered on Advances Exceeded Interest Expense.

By | November 15, 2025

Interest Disallowance Invalid as National Income Offered on Advances Exceeded Interest Expense. Issue Can an Assessing Officer (AO) disallow interest paid on borrowed funds under Section 36(1)(iii) on the grounds that interest-free advances were given, when the assessee can demonstrate that: The advances were given for reasons of commercial expediency? The assessee, in its books,… Read More »

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