Category Archives: GST

Electric three-wheeler CKD kits containing all assembly components are classified as finished e-rickshaws at five percent GST. Issue Whether a consignment consisting of a complete set of parts and components for an electric three-wheeler (e-rickshaw) supplied in a Completely Knocked Down (CKD) form to dealers or assemblers should be classified as a finished vehicle under… Read More »

Single Composite GST Assessment Order Issued For Multiple Financial Years Is Legally Impermissible Issue Whether a single composite assessment order or show-cause notice can be validly issued under Sections 73 and 74 of the GST Act to cover multiple financial years or tax periods. Facts Parties involved: The petitioner-assessee company filed a writ petition challenging… Read More »

High Court condones a two hundred sixteen day delay in filing a GST appeal on merits. Issue Whether the High Court, exercising its writ jurisdiction, can condone a delay of 216 days in filing an appeal against the cancellation of GST registration when the Appellate Authority lacks the statutory power to condone delays beyond the… Read More »

Two pyjama sets packed together are priced individually to determine the applicable five percent GST rate. Issue Whether a single retail pack containing two men’s pyjama sets (each consisting of a top and a bottom) with a total pack price of Rs. 1,371 should be treated as a single piece costing above Rs. 1,000, or… Read More »

Summary assessment and registration cancellation are set aside for fresh verification of submitted business documents. Issue Whether a summary assessment order alleging ineligible Input Tax Credit (ITC) and a subsequent cancellation of GST registration based on a locked business premise are sustainable when the taxpayer produces extensive transactional documents proving active business operations. Facts The… Read More »

A GST assessment order passed in the name of a deceased sole proprietor is a nullity. Issue Whether a GST assessment order determining a tax liability is legally sustainable if it is issued in the name of a sole proprietorship concern after the death of its sole proprietor. Facts AR Rahman Spices was a sole… Read More »

A non-speaking order erroneously classifying software export as an intermediary service must be set aside. Issue Whether a GST refund rejection order is legally sustainable when the authority fails to record specific findings on the taxpayer’s submissions, passing a non-speaking order that erroneously classifies an export of software services as an intermediary service. Facts The… Read More »

An assessment order lacking a mandatory Document Identification Number is completely invalid and non-est. Issue Whether a GST assessment order passed without a Document Identification Number (DIN) is legally sustainable, and whether such an order can be challenged via a writ petition after a statutory appeal against it has already been rejected as time-barred. Facts… Read More »

Retrospective insertion of section 16(5) overrides section 16(4) time bars for financial year 2018-19. Issue Whether the revenue department can legally sustain an adjudication order disallowing Input Tax Credit (ITC) for the financial year 2018-19 under the time-bar provisions of Section 16(4), following the retrospective legislative insertion of Section 16(5). Facts The petitioner is a… Read More »

Failure to supply written grounds of arrest and missing vital details quashes GST detention. Issue Whether a GST arrest, detention, and subsequent judicial remand order are legally sustainable when the arrest memo fails to annex written grounds of arrest, omits the place of arrest, leaves material columns blank, and lacks a valid Document Identification Number… Read More »