Carpenters Classics INDIA PVT. LTD. vs. Assistant State Tax Officer
Held
The Court held that while the petitioner might have a genuine grievance and no intention to evade tax, the authorities acted in compliance with Rule 138A of the GST Rules. The petitioner must comply with Section 129(3) for provisional release.
Facts
The petitioner dispatched kitchen cabinets from Bangalore, generating an e-way bill for intra-state transport from Ernakulam. The goods were intercepted en route, and the driver could not produce the e-way bill for the initial inter-state movement.
Key Issues
Whether the detention of goods was justified for non-production of the inter-state e-way bill, and if the Court should grant interim relief before the statutory adjudication process.
Sections Cited
Section 129, Rule 138A
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DAMA SESHADRI NAIDU TUESDAY ,THE 27TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2018 / 6TH AGRAHAYANA, 1940 WP(C).No. 38306 of 2018 PETITIONER/S: CARPENTERS CLASSICS INDIA PVT. LTD., NO.28, GROUND FLOOR, MUSCAT TOWERS, S.A. ROAD,, KADAVANTHRA, KOCHI - 682 020. (REPRESENTED BY SMT.NIRMALA C.P., AUTHORISED SIGNATORY). BY ADVS. SRI.K.N.SREEKUMARAN SRI.N.SANTHOSHKUMAR SRI.P.J.ANILKUMAR (A-1768) RESPONDENT/S: 1 ASSISTANT STATE TAX OFFICER, STATE GOODS AND SERVICE TAX DEPARTMENT, SURVEILLANCE SQUAD NO.15, WAYANAD, MUTHANGA, PIN - 673 121. 2 COMMISSION OF STATE TAXES, TAX TOWER, KARAMANA, THIRUVANNATHAPURAM-695002. 3 STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY IT'S SECRETARY TO TAXES, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695002. OTHER PRESENT: DR. THUSHARA JAMES, GP
-2- W.P.(C). No. 38306 of 2018 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.11.2018, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: JUDGMENT The petitioner, based at Bangalore, imports Kitchen cabinets, then, supplies and installs them in the houses of the customers, on their placing the orders. On 21.11.2018, the petitioner sent a consignment of three sets of
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