Supreme Court Upholds Lower GST rate of 5% on Flavoured Milk

Assistant Commissioner of Central Tax & Ors. Vs Sri Vijaya Visakha Milk Producers Company Ltd. & Anr. (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court of India has dismissed a special leave petition filed by the Assistant Commissioner of Central Tax and others, leaving undisturbed a judgment by the Andhra Pradesh High Court concerning the Goods and Services Tax (GST) classification of flavoured milk. The High Court had ruled that flavoured milk should be classified under a tariff heading attracting a lower GST rate, a position the apex court was not inclined to overturn. The brief order from...