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Railway Works Contract Termination Upheld: Telangana High Court Dismisses Teja Constructions vs Union of India (WP No.30847 of 2022)
Facts of the CaseThis is a public works-contract termination dispute with the Railways, decided under Article 226; GST is not central to the issues raised. M/s Teja Constructions, engaged as a contractor by South Central...
GST Writ Withdrawn for Statutory Appeal: Orissa High Court in M/s Pruthwiraj Mishra vs Commissioner of CT & GST (W.P.(C) No.764 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseM/s Pruthwiraj Mishra filed W.P.(C) No.764 of 2023 before the Orissa High Court against the Commissioner of CT & GST, Odisha and others. At the hearing on 15.05.2023, counsel for the petitioner submitted...
Madras High Court Orders Unsealing of Firecracker Storage Premises Ahead of Diwali: Uma Mahes v. Tahsildar, Sivakasi (WP(MD) No. 26517 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThis is a police-seizure case under explosives law, not a GST matter — the petitioner's GST Registration Certificate was cited only to identify her business, in seeking a mandamus to remove the seal fr...
Punjab and Haryana High Court Grants Bail in Fake-GST-Registration Scrap Dealer Fraud Case: Jitender Bhalla v. State of UT Chandigarh (CRM-M-36405-2023)
Facts of the CaseThis is a criminal bail order arising from an alleged GST registration fraud, but the order itself decides only the question of bail — it makes no ruling on GST law or the merits of the fraud alleg...
Sole Arbitrator Appointed in Restaurant Lease Dispute: Telangana High Court Allows Palaparthi Sitamahalakshmi Rao vs Food Haven India Pvt. Ltd. (Arbitration Application No.143 of 2022)
Facts of the CaseThis is a private commercial lease dispute, with an arbitrator being appointed under Section 11(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — it has no connection to GST. Smt. Palaparthi Sitamahal...
Arbitral Award for Price Escalation on Bridge Works Upheld: Delhi High Court Dismisses GNCTD's Section 34 Challenge in GNCTD vs R.S. Sharma Contractors (O.M.P. (COMM) 130/2023)
Facts of the CaseThis is an arbitration-law dispute under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, unrelated to GST. The Government of NCT of Delhi filed O.M.P. (COMM) 130/2023 under Section 34 of the Act, challenging...
Kerala High Court Allows Partial Release of Land Acquisition Compensation Against Company's Tax Dues in Thyagarajan v. Special Deputy Collector (WP(C) No. 24177 of 2022)
Facts of the CaseThis is a land acquisition compensation dispute, not a GST law ruling; the State GST Department (the modern administrative successor to the Commercial Taxes Department) appears here only as a creditor pu...
Half-Yearly Liquidation Accounts Approved: Andhra Pradesh High Court Allows Official Liquidator's Application (Company Application No.69 of 2026)
Facts of the CaseThis is a routine company-liquidation accounts matter under the Companies Act, 1956, with no GST issue on merits — GST is mentioned only as a small line-item (audit fee plus applicable GST) in the reli...
Calcutta High Court Upholds GST Show Cause Notice as Valid and Specific: Geeta Ganesh Promoters v. Union of India (MAT 1185 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseGeeta Ganesh Promoters Private Limited, a real estate developer, filed a writ petition (W.P.A. 13600 of 2023) seeking a declaration that Rule 42(3) of the CGST Rules, 2017 was ultra vires the Constitutio...
Regular First Appeal Disposed of on Compromise: Andhra Pradesh High Court Records Settlement in Mullapudi Trilakshmi vs Kakarla Rama Raidu (A.S. No.19 of 2002)
Facts of the CaseThis is a private civil property dispute settled by compromise, with no connection to GST — a stray, garbled OCR fragment resembling the letters 'gst' in the source document is not a reference to Goods...