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Calcutta High Court Directs Reasoned Order on Representation for Release of Stock in M/s Biswas Timber Mart vs Assistant Commissioner of State Tax (WPA 17991 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseM/s Biswas Timber Mart and others approached the Calcutta High Court aggrieved by the inaction of the Assistant Commissioner of State Tax (GST), Bureau of Investigation (South Bengal), Durgapur Zone, in ...
Bombay High Court Disposes of Railway Rail Coach Restaurant Licence-Fee Dispute by Consent (W.P. No. 11060 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThis is a railway contract/licence dispute and has nothing to do with GST law beyond the fee figure being GST-inclusive. The petitioner, Furkan Ahmed Salim Ahmed, operated a Rail Coach Restaurant under a...
Orissa High Court Relegates GST Assessee to Statutory Appeal, Grants Interim Protection Pending Appeal (W.P.(C) No. 30962 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseM/s Utkal Steel and Co., Khordha, challenged an audit report dated 30.11.2021 and a consequent GST assessment order dated 15.10.2022 issued by the Commissioner, CT & GST, Odisha, and other tax author...
Amnesty Scheme Renders Petition Infructuous: Karnataka HC Allows Withdrawal in Varadaraju Ravi Kumar (WP No. 2094 of 2023)
Facts of the Case
The petitioner, Varadaraju Ravi Kumar, a transport contractor from Bengaluru, had approached the Karnataka High Court under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution challenging an order dated 13.08.201...
AP High Court Rejects Regular Bail Plea in Prevention of Corruption Act Case Citing 'Deemed Custody' Doctrine Not Applicable (Criminal Petition No. 6965 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThis is not a GST case. It is a criminal bail petition filed under Sections 437 and 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking regular bail in Crime No. 16 of 2022 registered at the CID Police ...
Allahabad HC Directs Speedy Trial of Gangster Act Case in Munim Singh Parihar (Application U/S 483 No. 446 of 2023)
Facts of the Case
This order arises from an Application under Section 483 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed before the Allahabad High Court by Munim Singh Parihar @ Parashuram against the State of U.P. A word of c...
Patna High Court Grants Conditional Stay on GST Recovery Due to Non-Constitution of Appellate Tribunal in M/S Gaytri Pharma vs Union of India (CWJC No. 5190 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThe petitioner, M/S Gaytri Pharma, a proprietorship firm based in Patna, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution before the Patna High Court seeking to avail its statutory remedy of a...
Gauhati High Court Dismisses Healthcare Provider's Pre-GST Service Tax Challenge on Alternate-Remedy Grounds (WP(C)/2747/2023)
Facts of the CaseThis is a pre-GST Service Tax matter under the Finance Act, 1994. The petitioners — Ayursundra Hospitals (Guwahati) Pvt. Ltd. (formerly Ayursundra Health Care Pvt. Ltd.), a clinical establishment provi...
Writ Petition and Appeal Both Closed After Final Section 130 Confiscation Order Passed: Kerala HC in Y. Balakrishnan (WA No. 1728 of 2021)
Facts of the Case
The respondent/writ petitioner, Y. Balakrishnan, had challenged (in W.P.(C) No. 18169/2021) a notice proposing confiscation of goods and a vehicle under the Kerala/Central GST law. By an interim order,...
J&K and Ladakh High Court Dismisses Another Central Excise Appeal Following Same Batch Precedent, No New Ground Raised (CEA No. 122/2023)
Facts of the CaseThis is a pre-GST Central Excise Act matter, closely mirroring a companion appeal (CEA No. 5/2023) decided by the same High Court around the same period. The Commissioner of Central GST and Central Excis...