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Fertilizer Adulteration, Not GST: Allahabad High Court Partly Allows State's Revision in State of U.P. v. M/S Govind Industries (Criminal Revision No. 470 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThis criminal revision was filed by the State of U.P. against an order dated 01.04.2023 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Lakhimpur Kheri, which had allowed a release application filed by the oppo...
Tender Approval Quashed for Irrelevant Consideration: Gauhati High Court in Ajoy Kumar Basumatary v. State of Assam (WP(C) No. 2160 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThe petitioner, Ajoy Kumar Basumatary, was one of ten bidders who responded to a tender notice dated 05.12.2022 issued by the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) for grant of a mining contract to settle t...
Calcutta High Court Splits Anticipatory Bail in Cyber Fraud Call-Centre Case Sarfaraz Alam & Anr vs. State (CRM(A) 3412 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThis is a cyber-fraud case under the Information Technology Act and IPC, not a GST matter — the petitioner's possession of a GST TIN number is mentioned only as part of his defence that his call-centre...
Parallel Proceedings Question Left Unanswered: Telangana High Court Dismisses as Infructuous in Adarsh Global Trades v. Union of India (WP No. 25699 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseM/s Adarsh Global Trades and Services Pvt Ltd challenged a show-cause notice dated 30.05.2022 and a consequential order dated 18.07.2023 demanding roughly Rs. 17.17 crore, issued by the State GST authori...
Liberty to Appear for Personal Hearing: Orissa High Court's Procedural Order in Ratikanta Chhotaray v. Commissioner of CT & GST, Cuttack (WP(C) No. 26650 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThe petitioner, Ratikanta Chhotaray, challenged an order dated 24.02.2022 passed against him by the Commissioner of CT & GST, Cuttack (opposite party no.2), and sought a direction to be granted a per...
Bail Without Deciding the Fraud: Punjab & Haryana High Court Releases Shamim Akhtar in Rs. 22.3 Crore GST Evasion Case Over Urea Diversion (CRM-M-33946-2022)
Facts of the CaseShamim Akhtar sought regular bail before the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Complaint No. 210 of 2021, registered by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence, Gurugram, for offences under Section 13...
No GST Issue Here: Karnataka High Court Dismisses SARFAESI Challenge by Advocate-Borrower in N. Ravindranath Kamath v. Sri Subramanyeshwara Co-operative Bank (WP No. 3791 of 2021)
Facts of the CaseThe petitioner, an advocate practising in Bangalore, along with a co-petitioner in a connected writ petition, challenged a sale intimation/notice dated 19.01.2021 issued under Rule 8(6) of the Security I...
Consider the Representation: Kerala High Court Directs Decision on GST Rate-Change Reimbursement Claim in KCP Infra Ltd v. State of Kerala (WP(C) No. 26261 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseKCP Infra Ltd (formerly KCP Engineers Pvt Ltd), a road-construction contractor, had been executing a road-widening and strengthening project for the Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB) under an agreement dated...
Wrong Order Uploaded on Portal: Allahabad High Court Disposes of GST TRAN-1 Grievance in M/S Nuova Shoes v. GST Council (Writ Tax No. 1007 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseM/S Nuova Shoes had obtained an order dated 02.03.2023 relating to its GST TRAN-1 claim (the form used to carry forward pre-GST input tax credit into the GST regime). However, instead of that order being...
Bail Refused Over Shell-Company Fraud, Not GST Assessment: Bombay High Court in Bal Mukund Vaishnav vs. State of Maharashtra (Anticipatory Bail Application No. 78 of 2023)
Facts of the CaseThis case does invoke GST law — specifically the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 — but the order does not decide any GST assessment, ITC, or tax-liability question; it is a bail-stage ru...