Writ Petitions Disposed as High Court Directs Taxpayers to Pursue Statutory Section 107 Appeals Issue Whether writ petitions filed directly before the High Court are maintainable when the taxpayers have an alternate, effective statutory remedy of appeal available under Section 107 of the CGST/RGST Act. Facts The petitioners bypassed the regular appellate channel and filed… Read More »
No Statutory Bar on Central GST Action Exists in the Absence of Prior State Proceedings Issue Issue 1 (Parallel Proceedings Bar): Whether Central GST (CGST) search, seizure, and summons actions are barred under Section 6(2)(b) if the taxpayer is a registered dealer under the State GST (RGST) regime, in the absence of any prior initiated… Read More »
Writ Petition Against Jurisdictional Assessing Officer’s Reassessment Disallowed but Remanded to Pending CIT(A) Appeal Issue Validity of Notice: Whether the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer (JAO) has the legal authority to initiate reassessment proceedings by issuing a notice under Section 148, and whether subsequent orders can be passed outside the mandatory faceless assessment regime. Maintainability of Writ:… Read More »