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Restoration of GST registration allowed despite limitation bar due to bona fide medical and professional hardships

By | December 1, 2025

Restoration of GST registration allowed despite limitation bar due to bona fide medical and professional hardships Issue Whether the High Court can exercise its writ jurisdiction to restore a GST registration that was cancelled for non-filing of returns, even after the statutory limitation period for appeal has expired, given the petitioner’s bona fide difficulties (illness… Read More »

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Freight forwarder must exhaust statutory remedies and cooperate with EOW in massive GST fraud case

By | December 1, 2025

Freight forwarder must exhaust statutory remedies and cooperate with EOW in massive GST fraud case Issue Whether the High Court should intervene in the provisional attachment of bank accounts under writ jurisdiction when the petitioner is implicated in a massive GST fraud involving misused officer credentials, or if the petitioner must first exhaust the statutory… Read More »

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IMPORTANT GST CASE LAWS 29.11.2025

By | November 29, 2025

IMPORTANT GST CASE LAWS 29.11.2025 Section Case Law Title / Applicant Brief Summary Citation Relevant Act 2 Greater Visakhapatnam Smart City Corporation Ltd., In re Maintenance Charges collected for flow meters/automation, supplied alongside recycled water, cannot be treated as a Composite Supply with water (which is exempt), as the charges were independent and not subsumed… Read More »

GST Demand for Past Dues Extinguished Upon Sale of Company as Going Concern in Liquidation

By | November 29, 2025

GST Demand for Past Dues Extinguished Upon Sale of Company as Going Concern in Liquidation Issue Whether the GST department can demand tax, interest, and penalty for a period prior to the commencement of liquidation from a corporate debtor that has been sold as a “going concern” under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), or… Read More »

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GST Order Quashed: Notices Landed in “Junk Folder,” HC Remands for Fresh Hearing

By | November 29, 2025

GST Order Quashed: Notices Landed in “Junk Folder,” HC Remands for Fresh Hearing Issue Whether an ex-parte adjudication order passed under Section 73 of the CGST/KGST Act is sustainable when the assessee failed to file a reply or participate in the proceedings because the statutory notices (ASMT-10, DRC-01A, SCN) were delivered to the “junk/spam folder”… Read More »

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Valuation of Supply to Related Parties & GTA Exemption for Unregistered Recipients

By | November 29, 2025

Valuation of Supply to Related Parties & GTA Exemption for Unregistered Recipients I. Valuation of Supply to Unrelated Parties (Section 15) Issue: How should the value of supply be determined for the sale of cement and iron to unrelated wholesale and retail customers where the price is the sole consideration? Legal Provision: Section 15(1) of… Read More »

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Flow Meter Maintenance Charges Not Composite Supply with Recycled Water; Taxable at 18%

By | November 29, 2025

Flow Meter Maintenance Charges Not Composite Supply with Recycled Water; Taxable at 18% Issue Whether the maintenance charges for flow meters installed to measure the supply of recycled water constitute a “Composite Supply” with the principal supply of water (which is exempt/nil-rated), or if they are a distinct, independent supply. If treated as an independent… Read More »

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Adjudication Order Set Aside as Consultant’s Abrupt Exit Prevented Reply; Fresh Hearing Ordered.

By | November 29, 2025

Adjudication Order Set Aside as Consultant’s Abrupt Exit Prevented Reply; Fresh Hearing Ordered. Issue Whether an ex-parte adjudication order raising a GST demand is sustainable when the petitioner failed to file a reply or appear for a hearing because their tax consultant abruptly disengaged without notice, thereby denying the petitioner a proper opportunity to defend… Read More »

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Retrospective Cancellation of Supplier’s GST Registration Cannot Be Sole Ground to Deny ITC

By | November 29, 2025

Retrospective Cancellation of Supplier’s GST Registration Cannot Be Sole Ground to Deny ITC Issue ITC Denial: Can Input Tax Credit (ITC) be denied to a purchasing dealer solely on the ground that the supplier’s GST registration was cancelled with retrospective effect, even if the registration was active at the time of the transaction and the… Read More »

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