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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


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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


Non Generation of Part A of e-way Bill wef 16.10.2020 for return Defaults

October 18, 2020 1359 Views 0 comment Print

No Generation of Part A of e-way Bill will be allowed if 2 consecutive returns are not filed for the tax period up to August, 2020 w.e.f. October 16, 2020  The CBIC vide Notification No. 79/2020- Central Tax dated October 15, 2020 inserted fourth proviso to Rule 138E(b) of the CGST Rules w.e.f. March 20, […]

No registration required for trust carrying out ‘charitable activities’ exempt under GST

October 17, 2020 3474 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble AAR, Gujarat in Re: All India Disaster Mitigation Institute [Advance Ruling No. GUJ/GAAR/R/20/2019 dated September 11, 2019] wherein the charitable trust registered under Section 12AA and 80G of Income-tax Act, 1961 (Income Tax Act) carrying out charitable activities for preservation of environment, held that since the activities were exempt from tax under GST, […]

Three-wheeled motor vehicle fitted with battery pack, classifiable under HSN 8703, otherwise under HSN 8706

October 15, 2020 1515 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble AAR, West Bengal in Re: M/s Hooghly Motors Pvt. Ltd. [Order Number 06/WBAAR/2020-21 dated August 10, 2020] held that a three-wheeled electrically operated vehicle/rickshaw is classifiable under HSN 8703 (Motor Vehicles for carrying less than 10 passengers) as an electrically operated vehicle, provided it is fitted with the battery pack. Otherwise, it will […]

Prize money received from horse-race clubs not liable to GST

October 9, 2020 5049 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble AAAR, Maharashtra in Re: Vijay Baburao Shirke [Order No. MAH/AAAR/RS-SK/23/2020-21 dated June 4, 2020] set aside AAR order to hold that receipt of prize money from horse-race clubs (in the event horse wins the race) would not be subject to GST. Facts: M/s. Vijay Baburao Shirke (“Respondent”) is a proprietorship firm and owns […]

Membership subscriptions & Admission fees paid to club not liable to GST

October 9, 2020 12588 Views 1 comment Print

The Hon’ble AAAR, Maharashtra in Re: Rotary Club of Mumbai Nariman Point [Order No. MAH/AAAR/SS-RJ/20/2019-20 dated December 11, 2019] held that where membership subscription and admission fees received from the members of the club and was utilized solely towards meetings and administrative expenditure and not for providing any specific facility or benefits to its members […]

GST not leviable on TCS collected under Income Tax Act, 1961

October 7, 2020 21957 Views 6 comments Print

For the purpose of determination of value of supply under GST, TCS under the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 would not be includible as it is an interim levy not having the character of tax.

Service Tax liability of Demerged Undertakings cannot be fastened on assessee upon merger

October 7, 2020 2844 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that, the assessee could not be held to be liable for discharging service tax liability of the Demerged Undertakings as it the service recipient and not service provider therefore, the confirmation of demand by the Commissioner is bad in law.

No ITC credit available on lift installation charges

October 7, 2020 7569 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble AAAR, Maharashtra in Re: M/s Las Palmas Co-operative Housing Society [Order No. MAH/AAAR/RS-SK/24/2020-21 dated July 20, 2020] held that the input tax credit (ITC) in respect of GST paid on lift installation charges paid to lift contractor shall not be available in terms of Section 16(2)(b) read with Section 17(5)(c) and 17(5)(d) of […]

How to do Compliance of GST ITC in GSTR 3B of Sep 2020

October 5, 2020 7791 Views 0 comment Print

Below Video by CA Bimal Jain explains How to do Compliance of GST ITC as per GSTR 2A – GSTR 2B – Rule 36(4) in GSTR 3B of September, 2020. GSTR 2A is a purchase-related tax return that is automatically generated for each business by the GST portal. GSTR-2B is a new static month-wise auto-drafted […]

GST implementation being a “change in law” qualify as a force majeure event

September 29, 2020 12948 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Delhi High Court in National Highways Authority of India v. Sahakar Global Ltd. [O.M.P. (COMM) No. 486 of 2020 decided on September 29, 2020], dismissed the petition and refused to interfere with the arbitral award passed by the Arbitrator to pay the compensation for loss generated in revenue triggered by the reduced toll […]

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