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GST Order Quashed as Personal Hearing Cannot Be Waived by Selecting ‘No’: Gujarat HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Gujarat High Court examined whether a taxpayer’s selection of “No” for personal hearing could override the statutory req...

June 8, 2026 195 Views 0 comment Print

ITC Reversal Bars Tax Demand; No Interest if Adequate Credit Balance: Orissa HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Orissa High Court examined whether tax could be demanded after reversal of the disputed ITC. It held that raising a fresh dema...

June 8, 2026 219 Views 0 comment Print

GST Registration in One State Can Be Denied for Non-Compliance in Another State

Goods and Services Tax : The Rajasthan High Court examined whether GST registration could be refused due to non-filing of returns in another State. It held...

June 8, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print

SC Stays HC Ruling on GST Portal Upload as Valid Service Under Section 169

Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court stayed a judgment that held mere uploading of notices and orders on the GST portal does not amount to valid comm...

June 6, 2026 897 Views 0 comment Print

SC Disposes Petition Challenging Section 16(2)(c) of GST Law

Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court refused to bypass the statutory GST appeal mechanism and directed the taxpayer to pursue appellate remedies. How...

June 5, 2026 639 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


SC to Review if Supplying Crane for Services Constitutes Transfer of ‘Right to Use’

Goods and Services Tax : Explore Supreme Court's scrutiny of whether supplying cranes for services like loading, unloading, lifting, and shifting qualifies...

May 21, 2024 1575 Views 0 comment Print

SC issues Notice to to Finance Ministry on GST Return Revision Option on Portal

Goods and Services Tax : Explore the case of Pradeep Kanthed v. Union of India where the Supreme Court issues notice to the Finance Ministry regarding the ...

January 4, 2024 3930 Views 0 comment Print

SC to Decide on GST Implications of Immovable Property: Next Hearing on August 23

Goods and Services Tax : Commissioner of Central Goods And Service Tax & Ors Vs Safari Retreats Private Limited & Ors (Supreme Court of India) The ...

August 19, 2023 15075 Views 0 comment Print

GST 45th Council meeting on September 17, 2021 – Agenda

Goods and Services Tax : The 45th meeting of Goods and Services Tax Council (“GST Council”) is scheduled to be held on September 17, 2021. The Ministry...

September 3, 2021 3909 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka HC orders for appearance through Video Conferencing for summon issued

Custom Duty, Income Tax : The Karnataka High Court in M/s Pellagic Food Ingredients Private Ltd. v. Union of India [Writ Petition No. 14737/2021[T-CUS] issu...

August 15, 2021 1188 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


SC’s COVID Limitation Relief Applies to GST Appeals Gujarat: HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Gujarat High Court ruled that the Supreme Court’s COVID-19 limitation exclusion must be considered while computing timelines...

June 8, 2026 258 Views 0 comment Print

Section 73 Relief Does Not Bar Section 74 Action by CGST Authorities: Delhi HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Delhi High Court held that exoneration under Section 73 does not automatically bar proceedings under Section 74 because both p...

June 6, 2026 237 Views 0 comment Print

SC to examine validity of consolidated GST SCNs spanning multiple financial years

Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a single GST show cause notice can cover multiple financial years under Section 7...

June 5, 2026 315 Views 0 comment Print

SC Examines Constitutional Validity of Section 16(2)(c) as Bona Fide Recipient Denied ITC

Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court took up a challenge to Section 16(2)(c) of the CGST Act where ITC was denied despite tax having been paid by the...

May 31, 2026 1053 Views 0 comment Print

SC Issues Notice as GST Premises Were Sealed Without Any Denial of Access

Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court prima facie observed that Section 67(4) permits sealing of premises only when access is denied. It issued notice...

May 31, 2026 282 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Notification No. 32/2015-Central Excise Dated- 4th June, 2015

Excise Duty : Notification No. 32/2015-Central Excise Dated- 4th June, 2015 Ethanol produced from molasses generated from cane crushed in the ...

June 4, 2015 4767 Views 0 comment Print

Clarification on rate of service tax on restaurant service

Service Tax : Circular No. 184/3/2015-ST Dated the 3rd June, 2015 It is further clarified that exemption from service tax still continues to ser...

June 3, 2015 37876 Views 0 comment Print

Custom Duty exemption on goods for relief of flood affected people of J&K

Custom Duty : the floods in the State of Jammu and Kashmir (the State) from whole of the duty as specified under the First Schedule and whole of...

December 11, 2014 939 Views 0 comment Print

Excise duty exemption on goods for relief of flood affected people of J&K

Excise Duty : Grants exemption from Basic Excise Duty to goods donated or purchased out of cash donations for the relief and rehabilitation of p...

December 11, 2014 1103 Views 0 comment Print

Customs – Regarding adjudication of appraising related cases

Custom Duty : New posts have been created in the rank of Commissioners of Customs in DRI and DGCEI for adjudication of cases as investigated by ...

December 11, 2014 1246 Views 0 comment Print


Notice is mandatory for physical verification of place of business under Rule 25 of CGST Rules, 2017

December 8, 2022 15486 Views 0 comment Print

Bimal Kothari Vs Assistant Commissioner (DSGST) & Ors (Delhi High court) The Hon’ble Delhi High Court (“the High Court”) in the case of M/s. Bimal Kothatri v. Assistant Commissioner (DSGST) & Ors. [(W.P.(C) 9207/2019 & CM No. 37947/2019] dated November 01, 2022, held that cancellation of GST registration is not sustainable when no notice was […]

GST on services provided to parent company relating to test benches in the name of MRO services

December 8, 2022 1563 Views 0 comment Print

In re Testmesures Spherea Solutions Private Limited (GST AAR Karnataka) The Karnataka Authority of Advance Ruling (“the KAAR”) in Re: M/s Testmesures Spherea Solutions Private Limited [KAR ADRG 46/2022 dated December 2, 2022] denied to grant Goods and Service Tax (“GST”) concession as the service of supply of test bunch equipment does not amounts to […]

Oxygen not a ‘Raw-Material’ for Manufacture of Steel, not Eligible for Concessional Sales Tax Rate

December 7, 2022 1119 Views 0 comment Print

Dive into the legal intricacies surrounding the eligibility of oxygen for concessional sales tax rates in the case of State of Jharkhand v. Linde India Limited. The Supreme Court clarified that for a product to qualify as raw material, it must go into and be found in the end product. Oxygen, used as a refining agent to reduce carbon content in steel manufacturing, was deemed ancillary and not a raw material.

CA Cannot be Prosecuted under PMLA merely for Issuing Form No. 15CB

December 3, 2022 12591 Views 0 comment Print

While issuing Form No. 15CB a Chartered Accountant is required to only examine the nature of the remittance and nothing more. The Chartered Accountant is not required to go into the genuineness or otherwise of the documents submitted by his clients

Bombay HC orders restoration of GST registration cancelled u/s 29(1) of CGST Act

November 29, 2022 2274 Views 0 comment Print

HC allowed Petitioner to submit a physical application for restoration of GST registration where application of cancellation was filed by petitioner

No Service Tax on Security Deposit From Customers for Share Trading

November 29, 2022 2262 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that the Service Tax is not liable to be paid on the amount collected from the customer as interest free security deposit against trading of shares which is subsequently refunded without utilization.

In case of change of AO, newly appointed AO shall continue proceeding from stage where they were left by earlier AO

November 29, 2022 3003 Views 0 comment Print

SC held that in case of transfer of Assessing Officer, the new AO can only continue proceeding from the stage at which earlier AO had left.

GST authorities cannot issue SCN under Section 73 for verification of transitional credit

November 28, 2022 16830 Views 0 comment Print

Jharkhand HC held that for verification of transitional credit, GST authorities cannot issue SCN under Section 73 of CGST Act, 2017 questioning eligibility to credit under erstwhile law

Payment of one-time premium was not chargeable to tax under Service Tax under Renting of Immovable property

November 27, 2022 2673 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad in the case of Gujarat Power Corporation Ltd. v C.C.E. & ST held that payment of one-time premium under renting of immovable property services is not chargeable to Service Tax.

Services to Educational Boards – Sub contractor not eligible to claim exemption

November 25, 2022 1857 Views 0 comment Print

In re Magnetic Infotech Pvt Ltd. (GST AAAR Telangana) Exemption not available to sub-contractor on services provided to educational institutions on behalf of main contractor The AAAR, Telangana in the matter of M/s Magnetic Infotech Private Limited [Order-in-Appeal No. AAAR/13/2022 dated November 22, 2022] has ruled that the sub-contractor is not entitled to claim Goods […]

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