Glow Grow Health And Beauty (P) LTD vs. The State Of Kerala
Held
The Court held that the assessment orders passed under Section 74 of the CGST Act would govern the assessment, and the prior best judgment assessment orders under Section 62 of the GST Act, along with their summaries, would not survive. The petitioners were relegated to their alternate remedy of filing statutory appeals against the Section 74 orders.
Facts
The petitioners challenged assessment orders passed under Section 74 of the CGST Act, fearing recovery under both these orders and prior best judgment assessment orders passed under Section 62 of the GST Act for non-filing of returns. They sought clarification on which set of orders would govern their assessment for the relevant periods.
Key Issues
The key legal issue was to determine the operative assessment orders when both best judgment assessments under Section 62 and subsequent assessments under Section 74 had been passed for the same periods, and whether the Section 74 orders were valid.
Sections Cited
Section 74, Section 62
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.K.JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR TUESDAY, THE 01ST DAY OF DECEMBER 2020 / 10TH AGRAHAYANA, 1942 WP(C).No.26533 OF 2020(N) PETITIONERS: 1 M/S.GLOW GROW HEALTH AND BEAUTY (P) LTD TC-9/2284-4 AND 6, SASTHAMANGALAM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 010, REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR VIJAYAKARAN.K.S. 2 SRI. VIJAYAKARAN.K.S, DIRECTOR, M/S. GLOW GROW HEALTH AND BEAUTY (P) LTD, TC- 9/2284-4 AND 6, SASTHAMANGALAM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 010 BY ADVS. SHRI.JOHN VARGHESE SRI.A.L.GEORGE RESPONDENTS: 1 THE STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 001 2 STATE TAX OFFICER, STAGE GST DEPARTMENT, 1ST CIRCLE, 4TH FLOOR, KILLIPPALAM, KARAMANA P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 002 3 STATE TAX OFFICER (INTELLIGENCE) MOBILE SQUAD NO.I, STATE GST DEPARTMENT, KERALA, 2ND FLOOR, REVENUE COMPLEX, VIKAS BHAVAN P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 033 BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.DR THUSHARA JAMES THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01.12.2020, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
WP(C).No.26533 OF 2020(N) 2 JUDGMENT The petitioners have approached this Court
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