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Bail Granted in Rs 41 Crore Company Sale Fraud Case: Bombay High Court Order in Nitin Patil vs State of Maharashtra (Bail Application No. 1398/2023)
Facts of the CaseThis bail application, along with a connected criminal application, was filed by Nitin S/o Haridas Patil before the Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench, seeking regular bail in Crime No. 297/2023 regist...
Kerala High Court Directs Disposal of Amma Woods' Eight-Year-Old KVAT Return Revision Request (WP(C) No. 23214 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThis is a legacy KVAT matter, not a GST case. M/s Amma Woods Private Limited, an assessee under the Kerala Value Added Tax (KVAT) Act, had filed its annual return for the year 2014-15. After noticing mis...
Penalty Halved on Legislative Change: Odisha High Court Partly Allows Revision in Field Motors Pvt Ltd vs State of Odisha (STREV No. 48/2019)
Facts of the CaseM/s Field Motors Pvt. Ltd., an automobile dealer, filed this sales-tax revision petition under Section 80 of the Odisha Value Added Tax Act, 2004, challenging an order of the Full Bench of the Odisha Sal...
Uttarakhand HC Disposes GST Registration Cancellation Plea Following Earlier Kamal Coating Experts Ruling (WPMS No. 2683/2023)
Facts of the CaseThe petitioner in WPMS No. 2683 of 2023, before the Uttarakhand High Court, challenged an order cancelling its GST registration. Counsel for the petitioner submitted that the registration had been cancel...
Chhattisgarh HC Upholds "No Work No Pay" Order for Jailed Excise Constable in Madan Lal Dhruw vs State of Chhattisgarh
Facts of the CaseThis case involves the State Excise Department (which regulates liquor licences), not GST — the reference to "GST Office" in the second respondent's address is incidental to the department's premises, ...
J&K and Ladakh HC Dismisses Central Excise Appeal in Commissioner CGST & Central Excise vs Hitachi Home and Life Solutions (CEA No. 125/2023)
Facts of the CaseDespite the appellant being described as "Commissioner Central GST and Central Excise, J&K Jammu," this appeal (CEA No. 125/2023) is a Central Excise matter, not a GST dispute. The appeal was filed a...
Successor Units Denied: Sikkim High Court Rejects Zydus Wellness and Alkem's Budgetary Support Claims Over Excise Exemption (WP(C) Nos. 20 & 27 of 2022)
Facts of the CaseThis case turns on the Central Excise area-based exemption regime and the post-GST Budgetary Support Scheme, not on GST liability itself. Zydus Wellness Products Limited and Alkem Laboratories Limited ha...
Orissa HC Disposes of Land Acquisition Apprehension Plea in Mathuranath Hota vs State of Odisha
Facts of the CaseThis case concerns land acquisition and demolition apprehensions, not GST. Mathuranath Hota and other petitioners, residents of villages Angargadia and Sovarampur, filed W.P.(C) No. 6898 of 2019 before t...
Appeal Fee Rejection to be Reconsidered: Kerala High Court Directs Fresh Look in K.J. Jagath Simhan vs State Tax Officer (WP(C) No. 19815/2023)
Facts of the CaseThe petitioner, K.J. Jagath Simhan, proprietor of a gas agency, challenged the rejection of his appeal against a Kerala General Sales Tax (KGST) assessment order for the year 2014-15 (Ext.P1, dated 30.12...
Allahabad High Court Lets Hukka Bar Licence Applicant Approach Food Safety Authority (WRIT-C No. 24108 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThis is a food-safety licensing matter, not a GST case. Rishabh Khera runs the Old Door Cafe in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, which holds a valid licence under the Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006 (valid ...