The Court issued notice in a plea to quash criminal proceedings where the applicant argued that alleged cash payments exceeding ₹2 lakh should first be examined under Section 269ST of the Income Tax Act.
The Allahabad High Court rejected bail in a large GST fraud involving fake invoices and dummy firms used to generate fraudulent input tax credit. The Court held that economic offences causing huge loss to public funds require a stricter approach to bail.
The Allahabad High Court set aside an order rejecting a GST appeal as time-barred. It held that the appellate authority failed to properly consider the argument that Form DRC-07 was uploaded later and affected the limitation calculation.
The court issued notice on a challenge to Section 15(3)(b) of the CGST Act and granted interim protection subject to deposit of 10% of disputed tax.
The High Court set aside the rejection of a GST refund claim after noting that the Joint Procedure Order required reassessment of tax liability under pre-GST and post-GST regimes.
The court stayed a tax demand order where the confirmed demand exceeded the originally proposed amount, and allegations of violation of natural justice were raised.
The Court observed that the Tribunal granted partial relief without analysing whether the assessee had a strong prima facie case. The order was therefore remitted back for reconsideration of the interim application.
The Allahabad High Court held that interest cannot be imposed in an adjudication order if it was not specified in the show cause notice. Such action violates Section 75(7) of the GST Act.
The High Court set aside a GST demand order after observing that the adjudicating authority did not examine the taxpayer’s detailed reply and issued only generic conclusions. The ruling emphasized that adjudicating authorities must discuss submissions and provide clear reasons before confirming tax and penalty demands.
The Allahabad High Court held that tax determination under GST cannot be made against a deceased person. The demand order was quashed as no notice was issued to the legal representative.
