HC admits Petition challenging GST on processed Tea loading packing warehousing etc.

Guwahati Tea Warehousing Association Vs. Union of India (Guwahati High Court) Guwahati Tea Warehousing Association has filed a Petition in Gauhati High Court against imposition of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on loading, packing, warehousing, etc of processed tea. Case was admitted for hearing on 23.05.2018.  The petitioner’s Association’s challenge herein is the clarification dated 15.11.2017 issued by the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue by which it clarified that the processed tea (i.e., black tea, white tea etc) falls outside the definition...