If no reduction in tax rate- Anti-profiteering law not attracted on supply of ‘Jockey Shorts’

Kerala State Screening Committee on Anti-profiteering Vs M/s. Sudarsans (National Anti-Profiteering Authority) DGAP has submitted in his report that the rate of tax on the product Brief (Jockey Brief IC125 M Black), remained same in the pre-GST and the post- GST era. Moreover, the pre-GST and post-GST base prices (excluding tax) had remained the same. Therefore, the provisions of Section 171 of the CGST Act, 2017 have not been contravened and the allegation of profiteering by the Respondent was not established. FULL TEXT OF THE ORDER OF NATIONAL ANTI-PROFITEERING AUTHORITY 1. The present repo...