SC diects GST Council to Track GST on Foreign OIDAR Services

Pradeep Goyal Vs Union of India & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court of India has directed a petitioner to approach the GST Council to address issues related to the tracking and verification of GST paid on foreign Online Information and Database Access or Retrieval (OIDAR) services. The ruling came in a writ petition filed by Pradeep Goyal, who had invoked Articles 32 and 142 of the Constitution to seek a mandamus from the court. The petitioner’s primary grievance was the lack of a robust mechanism for tracking and ensuring GST compliance by overseas OIDAR service providers ...