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J&K High Court Upholds Tender Award in PMGSY Road Contract Dispute: M/s Fazal Rehman Dar vs UT of J&K (WP(C) No.72/2023) — Not a GST Case
Facts of the CaseThis case is a government tender/contract-law dispute, not a GST case, though the tender documents required bidders to furnish proof of GSTR-3B returns among other financial documents. The petitioner, M/...
Allahabad HC Upholds Income-Tax Reassessment Notice Based on GST-Fraud Investigation Inputs in Deepak Kumar Yadav (Writ Tax No. 561 of 2023)
Facts of the Case
The petitioner, Deepak Kumar Yadav, trades in arecanut and betel-nut products through his proprietary concern, S.K.L. Enterprises, and had filed his return for Assessment Year 2019-20 disclosing income...
Seven-Year-Old Service Tax Notice Quashed for Inordinate Delay: Jharkhand High Court in M/s Kamaladitya Construction vs Principal Commissioner, CGST (W.P.(T) No.2890 of 2022) — A Pre-GST Ruling
Facts of the CaseThough the respondent department bears 'GST' in its current name, this case turns entirely on the erstwhile Service Tax law and does not decide any question of GST. M/s Kamaladitya Construction (P) Ltd. ...
Uttarakhand High Court Grants Bail to State Tax Officer in Bribery Case Linked to GST Registration Matter, Without Examining Merits (First Bail Application No. 2206 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThis order concerns an anti-corruption prosecution, not any question of GST law or registration procedure. Umed Singh Bisht, a State Tax Officer, was implicated in FIR/Case Crime No. 06 of 2023 under Sec...
AP HC Relegates Educational Society to Statutory Appeal Against GST Assessment Order in Sri Satyanarayana Educational Society (WP No. 18279 of 2023)
Facts of the Case
The petitioner, Sri Satyanarayana Educational Society, which runs an engineering college at Ongole, challenged an Assessment Order dated 27.04.2023 (Form GST ASMT-15) passed under Section 63 of the And...
Andhra Pradesh High Court Orders Payment of Withheld Check-Dam Contract Bills in Bysani Prathap Reddy vs State of Andhra Pradesh (WP No.30222 of 2021)
Facts of the CaseThe petitioner, Bysani Prathap Reddy, undertook construction of check dams across the Uppa Vagu and Marrimanu Vagu near Gudugunur village, Badvel Mandal, YSR Kadapa District, under agreements with the Wa...
Orissa High Court Appoints Arbitrator in Processing Agreement Dispute, Rejects Conveyance-Instrument Objection (ARBP No. 30 of 2020)
Facts of the CaseThis is an arbitration-law dispute; GST appears only inside a payment clause of the underlying commercial agreement. Pasupati Agrovet Pvt. Ltd., Cuttack, and Sri Krishna Nutrition India Pvt. Ltd., Ranchi...
Gauhati High Court Refuses to Condone Delay in Central Excise Appeal: M/s Namrup Engineer Company vs Union of India (C.Ex.App./5/2022) — A Pre-GST Central Excise Ruling
Facts of the CaseThis is a Central Excise Act matter, not a GST case, though the demand pertains to financial years 2013-17, some of which straddle the introduction of GST. M/s Namrup Engineer Company, a partnership firm...
Kerala HC Dismisses Plea to Reclassify Goods Carrier as Private Vehicle in Sofiya M (WP(C) No. 32827 of 2023)
Facts of the Case
The petitioner, Sofiya M, owns a vehicle that was registered as a goods carrier. She approached the Kerala High Court seeking a direction to the Motor Vehicles authorities to register her vehicle inste...
Madras High Court Holds Commercial Taxes Department Cannot Be Made Liable for Hotel's Excess GST Collection Before Consumer Forum (W.P.(MD) No. 21646 of 2019)
Facts of the CaseThis case turns on Consumer Protection Act jurisdiction, not on any substantive question of GST rate or liability. The Joint Commissioner of State Tax, Tirunelveli Division, filed this writ petition afte...