Registration Cancellation Invalidated as Show-Cause Notice Was Not Properly Served Beforehand. Issue Is a GST registration cancellation order legally valid if the show-cause notice (SCN) was allegedly issued only electronically after the registration had already been cancelled, and no physical notice was served, thereby denying the taxpayer an opportunity to be heard? Facts The assessee’s… Read More »

State GST Must Halt Parallel Probe if Central GST Has Already Acted on Same Issue. Issue Can a State GST authority initiate and continue proceedings against a taxpayer on a subject matter that is already the subject of an ongoing investigation or a show-cause notice issued by a Central GST authority, in light of the… Read More »

Printing with customer-provided content is a service taxable at 18%, not a sale of goods. Issue Whether the printing of materials like photo books, where the customer provides the digital content and the printer supplies the physical materials (paper, ink), constitutes a “supply of goods” taxable at 12% (HSN 4911) or a “supply of services”… Read More »

HC Refuses to Mandate GST Council on Petroleum Inclusion, Citing Policy Domain. Issue Can a High Court issue a writ of mandamus to compel the GST Council to determine a specific date for the inclusion of petroleum products (petrol and diesel) within the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime? Facts A series of writ petitions… Read More »

SC Upholds Selection Committee’s Authority to Re-interview GSTAT Candidates, Dismissing Challenge. Issue Does a Search-cum-Selection Committee (SCSC) for appointments to the GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) have the legal authority to reconstitute itself and restart the interview process de novo (from the beginning) after it has already shortlisted candidates? Facts A candidate, Pranaya Kishore Harichandan, was… Read More »

Printing services using customer content is a service taxable at 18% GST. Issue Whether the printing of materials like books, wedding cards, and photos, where the content is provided by the customer but the physical materials (paper, ink) are supplied by the printer, should be classified as a “supply of goods” under HSN 4911 or… Read More »

Gujarat HC Revokes GST Registration Cancellation on Condition of Future Timely Compliance. Issue Can a GST registration be restored for a taxpayer with a history of repeated defaults in filing returns, if the taxpayer clears a substantial portion of the dues, provides a reasonable explanation for the past non-compliance, and undertakes to ensure timely compliance… Read More »