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Gujarat High Court Permits GST Registration Revocation Under Amnesty Scheme: Babubhai Dayabhai Gohil v. Union of India (R/SCA No. 1127 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThis is a short administrative order concerning cancellation of GST registration. The petitioner's GST registration had been cancelled, and he approached the Gujarat High Court seeking relief. At the hea...
Directions to Release Seized Gold After Favourable Show-Cause Orders: Kerala High Court in A.S. Jewellers vs Joint Commissioner of Customs (Preventive) (WP(C) Nos.2883 & 21987 of 2022)
Facts of the CaseThis matter arises under customs law, not GST — it concerns seizure and release of gold by Customs (Preventive) authorities. Two connected writ petitions were heard together: WP(C) No.2883 of 2022, fil...
Bare Direction to Decide Pending Stay Petition: Kerala High Court Disposes of M/s Thottathil Hardwares vs State Tax Officer (WP(C) No.21367 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseM/s Thottathil Hardwares filed WP(C) No.21367 of 2023 before the Kerala High Court, aggrieved by an assessment order (Ext.P1, for the year 2016-17) passed by the State Tax Officer, Muvattupuzha. The peti...
GST Penalty Challenge Withdrawn Without a Ruling: Vasavi MRO Private Limited v. Union of India (WP No. 9036 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseVasavi MRO Private Limited had filed a writ petition under Article 226 challenging an Order-in-Original (No. EXCUS-GUN-JC-No.84/2022-2023-ST, dated 30.03.2023) passed by the Joint Commissioner of Central...
Chhattisgarh High Court Permits Withdrawal of Dhaatri Mines' GST Writ Petition With Liberty to Re-File (WPT No. 50 of 2026)
Facts of the CaseThis one-page order records only the withdrawal of a writ petition and contains no reasoning on any GST issue. The petitioner, Dhaatri Mines and Resources Private Limited, had filed the writ petition aga...
Tribunal Directed to Refer 'Manufacture' Question on Coal Extraction: Chhattisgarh High Court in South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. vs Commissioner of Commercial Tax (TAXC No.99 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThis case concerns the pre-GST Chhattisgarh Entry Tax Act, not GST. M/s South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) filed TAXC No.99 of 2023 before the Chhattisgarh High Court, seeking a reference on the que...
Allahabad High Court Grants Bail in Mohd Aquib v. State of U.P. Despite Fake-Branding Allegations (Bail Application No. 28441 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThis is a criminal bail order under the Indian Penal Code and the Copyright Act, not a GST case. The applicant, Mohd Aquib, sought bail in Case Crime No. 50 of 2023, registered at Police Station Chamanga...
Trial Court's Bar on Fresh Witness Set Aside: Punjab & Haryana High Court Allows Deepak Engineers vs P.P. Rolling Mills (CR-3393-2023)
Facts of the CaseThis is a civil-procedure ruling on the right to lead evidence, not a GST decision — GST challans surface only as part of the underlying business transaction record. M/s Deepak Engineers had filed a ci...
Anticipatory Bail Denied in Narcotics Case Despite GST Registration Defence: Manic Goyal v. Union of India through NCB (CRM-M-16243-2026)
Facts of the CaseThis is an NDPS Act anticipatory bail matter; GST registration is mentioned only as a defence argument about the petitioners' businesses being legitimate, and no GST question was decided. The Narcotics C...
Madras High Court Directs Consideration of PWD Contractors' Service Tax Waiver Plea in PWD Contractors Federation v. Secretary, Ministry of Finance (W.P.(MD) No. 23527 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThis case concerns Service Tax, not GST. The petitioner, PWD Contractors Federation, represented by its State President, sought a direction to the Secretary, Ministry of Finance, and the Principal Chief ...