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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


Time limit increased for grant of GST registration from 3 to 7 working days

December 24, 2020 186654 Views 2 comments Print

CBIC Increased the time period to approve the grant of registration to the applicant from ‘three’ working days to ‘seven’ from the date of submission of the application for the registration.

GST not exigible for sale of flats after issuance of Completion Certificate

December 24, 2020 6720 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble AAR, Karnataka, in the matter of Sri. B.R. Sridhar [Order No. KAR ADRG 55/2020 (dated, November 7, 2020)] held that the amounts received by Sri. B.R. Sridhar (Owner/ Applicant), either by himself or through his agents, towards sale of their share of flats consequent to a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) are not exigible […]

Restricting use of ITC amount for discharging output tax liability in GST

December 24, 2020 9189 Views 1 comment Print

CBIC Introduced new Rule 86B, which restricts the use of Input Tax Credit (ITC) for discharging the output tax liability, applicable on the registered person whose value of taxable supply other than exempt supply and export, in a month exceeds fifty lakh rupees.

Rule 36(4) amended to reduce ITC entitlement from 10% to 5%  

December 24, 2020 16158 Views 0 comment Print

Rule 36(4) amended to reduce ITC entitlement for invoices not furnished by supplier from 10% to 5%   The CBIC vide Notification No. 94/2020-Central Tax dated December 22, 2020 has issued Central Goods and Services Tax Rules (Fourteenth Amendment), 2020, inter alia, amending Rule 36(4) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (CGST Rules), […]

CBIC aligns rules of Cancellation of GST registration

December 24, 2020 5895 Views 0 comment Print

Cancellation of registration under Rule 22 of the CGST Rules aligned with newly inserted sub-rule (2A) of Rule 21A  The CBIC vide Notification No. 94/2020-Central Tax dated December 22, 2020 has issued Central Goods and Services Tax Rules (Fourteenth Amendment), 2020, inter alia, amending Rule 22 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (CGST […]

Biometric based Aadhaar authentication/verification process for GST registration

December 24, 2020 6888 Views 1 comment Print

The CBIC vide Notification No. 94/2020-Central Tax dated December 22, 2020 has issued Central Goods and Services Tax Rules (Fourteenth Amendment), 2020, inter alia, substituting Rule 8(4A) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (CGST Rules), w.e.f. date to be notified later, in following manner: Every application made for the registration by the […]

Late fee Waiver of Form GSTR-4 for FY 2019-20 for Ladakh UT

December 24, 2020 1734 Views 7 comments Print

Waiver of late fee for delay in furnishing Form GSTR-4 for FY 2019-20 for the registered person having principal place of business in Ladakh  The CBIC vide Notification No. 93/2020- Central Tax dated December 22, 2020 inserted fourth proviso in Notification No. 73/2017- Central Tax dated December 29, 2017 to waive late fee on failure […]

Know about sections of GST applicable from 1st January 2021

December 24, 2020 4944 Views 0 comment Print

CBIC appoints January 1, 2021, as date on which various sections of Finance Act, 2020 shall come into force The CBIC vide Notification No. 92/2020- Central Tax dated December 22, 2020 appointed January 1, 2021, as date on which following sections of the Finance Act, 2020 shall come into force: Section of the Finance Act, […]

NAA holds McDonald’s franchisee Hardcastle Restaurants Guilty of Profiteering

December 22, 2020 2619 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA), in the case of DGAP vs. Hardcastle Restaurants [Case No. 79/2020 dated December 9, 2020] held that, the Hardcastle Restaurants (Respondent) has committed an offence by denying the  benefit of rate reduction to the buyers of his products in contravention of the provisions of Section 171(1) of the Central […]

Allowed refund of IGST paid on ocean freight beyond limitation period prescribed under GST Law

December 22, 2020 7413 Views 0 comment Print

HC allowed the refund claim of Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) paid on ocean freight under the reverse charge mechanism (RCM) beyond the statutory time limit prescribed under Section 54 of the Central Good and Service Tax Act, 2017

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