Indirect Tax
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Sikkim High Court Strictly Interprets Eligibility Criteria for Budgetary Support Scheme
In an interesting judgment[1], the Sikkim High Court interpreted eligibility criteria for the budgetary support scheme (‘BSS’) and denied petitioners BSS benefit because of change in ownership and constitution of the relevant business units. The petitioners…
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Delhi High Court Opines Allows Investigation Against Petitioner under GST: Refuses Reliance on Section 6(2)(b), CGST Act, 2017
In a recent judgment[1], the Delhi High Court interpreted the term ‘intelligence-based enforcement action’ and denied the petitioner’s prayer to stop investigation by multiple investigating agencies. The High Court held that merely because certain authorities took…
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Fake Invoices are ‘Economic Offences’: Delhi High Court Denies Bail
Introduction In a recent judgment[1], a Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court denied bail to the Chartered Accountant (‘CA’) of the complainant. The latter had filed FIR and alleged that he had appointed the…
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Patna High Court Castigates Tax Officer for Recovering Tax Illegally
In a recent judgment[1], the Patna High Court has castigated a tax officer for effecting a tax recovery and ignoring the legislative mandate. Section 78, CGST Act, 2017 allows for recovery of tax from taxpayers within…
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Madras High Court Holds that Credit Note Not Required When No Delivery of Goods
In a recent judgment[1], the Madras High Court held that there is no requirement to issue a credit note when the goods were returned to the seller without delivery to the buyer. The High Court held…
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Delhi High Court Delineates the Scope of Section 67, CGST Act, 2017
In a recent judgment[1], the Delhi High Court clarified scope and power of the Revenue officials under Section 67, CGST Act, 2017. The High Court adopted a purposive interpretation of the provision to state that the…
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Patna High Court Opines on ITC Claims: Interprets Section 16 of CGST Act, 2017 Strictly
In a recent judgment[1], the Patna High Court engaged with the issue of whether a claim for Input Tax Credit (‘ITC’) is sustainable when the purchasing dealer has made the tax payment to the seller, but…
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Supreme Court Reiterates Non-Obstante Clause of Section 529A, Companies Act, 1956
In a recent judgment[1], the Supreme Court opined on the priority to be accorded to custom authorities vis-à-vis secured creditors under the Companies Act, 1956. It accorded due deference to the overriding nature of Section 529A…
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Reversal of ITC: Calcutta High Court Opines on Liability of Buyer-Seller & GST Returns
In a recent judgment[1], the Calcutta High Court gave a detailed opinion on the nature and role of some of the tax returns, specifically, GSTR-2A, that taxpayers are required to file under GST. And in the…
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Calcutta High Court Decides a Case ‘Not of the Ordinary Kind’
In a recent case[1], the Calcutta High Court pronounced a decision which it described as ‘not of the ordinary kind’. The High Court declared, in the opening sentence of the judgment, that most interesting points were…
