‘Cine Worker’ GST Exemption Not Available Beyond Statutory Wage Ceiling: Kerala HC

Poomuttath Venugopal Vinod Vs Assistant Commissioner (Kerala High Court) In Poomuttath Venugopal Vinod Vs Assistant Commissioner, the petitioner, a daily wage Production Assistant in the Malayalam film industry and a member of FEFKA Production Assistants Union, challenged an assessment order issued under the CGST Act. The petitioner approached the High Court through a writ petition instead of availing the statutory appellate remedy under Section 107 of the CGST Act. The primary contention was that he qualified as a “cine worker” under the Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulatio...