HC Shouldn’t Use Writ Powers in GST Cases with Appeal Remedy: SC

Assistant Commissioner of State Tax and Others Vs Commercial Steel Limited (Supreme Court of India) In a significant ruling clarifying the exercise of writ jurisdiction in tax matters, the Supreme Court of India has set aside a judgment of the Telangana High Court that had interfered with the detention of goods and collection of tax and penalty under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) law. The apex court emphasized that taxpayers must first exhaust the statutory alternative remedies available to them before approaching the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution. The case involved an ap...