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Unified GST Recovery Framework Introduced as Section 74A Merges Fraud & Non-Fraud Cases

Goods and Services Tax : Section 74A replaces the earlier Sections 73 and 74, creating a unified framework for tax recovery in cases of short payment, erro...

March 6, 2026 876 Views 0 comment Print

Fraudulent ITC & Fake Invoices under GST: Applicability of Sections 73, 74, 122 & 132

Goods and Services Tax : This case explains situations where ITC is availed and utilised without receipt of goods or services. The ruling clarifies that su...

February 7, 2026 4272 Views 0 comment Print

Section 74 & Mechanical Adjudication Culture In GST: A Call For Judicial Intervention

Goods and Services Tax : Highlights how authorities routinely invoke Section 74 without evidence of fraud and explains courts’ stance that such notices a...

November 21, 2025 2328 Views 0 comment Print

GST DRC-01A: Intimations Under Sections 73, 74, 74A

Goods and Services Tax : Understand the process of GST intimation in Form DRC-01A, issued for tax discrepancies. Learn about the parts of DRC-01A, applicab...

September 1, 2025 31563 Views 2 comments Print

No Time Extension for GST Orders Under Section 73(9) Without Force Majeure

Goods and Services Tax : Calcutta High Court stays a GST order, citing no force majeure for time limit extension under Section 73(9) of the CGST Act for FY...

June 19, 2025 2127 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 74 GST Notices For Small Value Demands Beyond Section 73 Limitation

Goods and Services Tax : KSCAA represents to the Finance Minister on the misapplication of GST Section 74 notices for small demands, urging restriction to ...

July 29, 2025 36831 Views 0 comment Print

Representation on GST Challenges related to Section 128A & 16(4) ITC Disallowance

Goods and Services Tax : KSCAA highlights practical GST challenges in Sec 128A & Sec 16(4), urging clarifications on appeals, ITC, interest waivers, and mu...

December 17, 2024 7113 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


GST SCN Invalid as Multiple Assessment Years Were Clubbed: Madras HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court held that clubbing five assessment years in a single GST show cause notice is contrary to Section 73 of the ...

July 2, 2026 174 Views 0 comment Print

GST Assessment Invalid if Section 74 Notice Was not Issued: Madras HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court held that an order under Section 74 cannot be passed when the notice was issued under Section 73. The matter...

June 30, 2026 333 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Upholds CENVAT Credit as Service Tax Was Paid Before Credit Was Availed

Service Tax : CESTAT Kolkata held that the respondent had paid the Service Tax before availing CENVAT credit on the disputed invoices. Finding n...

June 28, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

Promissory Note Decree Restored as Handwriting Expert Opinion Was Not Mandatory

Corporate Law : The Madras High Court held that courts are empowered under Section 73 of the Evidence Act to compare disputed and admitted signatu...

June 27, 2026 111 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Demand Quashed as Form 26AS Alone Cannot Establish Tax Liability

Service Tax : The Gauhati High Court held that the extended limitation under Section 73 cannot be invoked without specific findings of fraud, su...

June 27, 2026 468 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


GST: Section 128A Clarifications on Waiver of interest and penalties

Goods and Services Tax : New GST circular clarifies payment via GSTR-3B for Section 128A benefits, and appeal withdrawals for mixed period demands....

March 27, 2025 27861 Views 1 comment Print

Kerala SGST Act: Interest & Penalty Waiver Guidelines

Goods and Services Tax : Learn about the Kerala SGST Act's interest and penalty waiver under Section 128A, eligibility, application process, and compliance...

March 15, 2025 927 Views 0 comment Print

Clarification on Separate Sections 73 & 74 GST Notices to Same Taxpayer

Goods and Services Tax : Kerala SGST issues guidelines on issuing separate notices for Sections 73 and 74. Ensures clarity and uniformity in handling GST d...

January 20, 2025 8259 Views 0 comment Print


Notice never served but uploaded on GST portal: ALL HC grants one more opportunity

January 15, 2025 957 Views 0 comment Print

Petitioner has challenged order passed by first appellate authority. Petitioner engaged in the business of manufacturing and sale of goods claimed to be exempted from liability of tax/duty under the GST Act.

Action u/s. 73 of CGST Act doesn’t restrain GST authorities from conducting audit

January 13, 2025 1194 Views 0 comment Print

Punjab and Haryana High Court held that action of the department already taken under section 73 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 doesn’t restrain GST authorities from conducting audit. Accordingly, writ dismissed.

No effective service of notice and order: Allahabad HC remanded matter

January 11, 2025 1350 Views 0 comment Print

No notice GST DRC-01A was served upon the assessee hence he could not make a reply. Petitioner became aware only after when order was uploaded on the tab “view additional notices and orders”.

Reminder and demand order uploaded under wrong tab on GST portal: HC set-aside order

January 11, 2025 1302 Views 0 comment Print

In the matter abovementioned writ petition, challenging the impugned order creating demand u/s 73 GST, after observing that reminder and order was uploaded on ‘Additional Notices and Orders’ Tab instead of ‘Due Notices and orders’.

Non-proper Officer could not make GST Investigation, Search, Seizure and Arrest on Tax Evasion on borrowed satisfaction

January 6, 2025 1830 Views 0 comment Print

They argued that, based on this ruling, despite the investigation, search, and seizure being conducted by an improper officer, the evidence could still be used, and the show cause notice issued by a proper officer should not be set aside.

Digital or Manual Signature Needed for Valid Section 73 GST Orders: Kerala HC

January 3, 2025 1674 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala HC rules that GST orders under Section 73 must have digital or manual signatures to be valid, quashing impugned orders in the case of Fortune Service.

Digital or manual signature of officer must for treating order u/s. 73 of CGST Act as valid

December 27, 2024 1338 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala High Court held that orders issued u/s. 73 of the CGST/SGST Acts must carry the digital or manual signature of the officer passing the order in order to treat the order to be a valid order for the purposes of the CGST/SGST Acts.

GST order lacking proper reasons is liable to be quashed: Delhi HC

December 25, 2024 1179 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that order lacking reasons and also lacking application of mind to the reply furnished by the petitioner is liable to be quashed. Accordingly, order passed under GST quashed.

Adjudication proceedings cannot be kept pending for years: Delhi HC

December 21, 2024 3492 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that adjudication proceedings under Customs Act, 1962; the Finance Act, 1994 and Central Goods and Services Tax, 2017 cannot be kept pending for years and decades together.

Extension of Time Limit Not Applicable for Section 73 GST Orders for FY 2017-18

December 20, 2024 3864 Views 0 comment Print

Allahabad HC quashed GST orders for FY 2017-18 in A.V. Pharma Vs State of UP, citing expiry of the prescribed time limit under Section 73 of the CGST Act.

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