K.N.Jayaprakash vs. The State Tax Officer
Held
The Court allowed the petitioner to pay the penalty in 10 equal monthly installments starting January 31, 2020, conditional on no default, failing which recovery steps would resume.
Facts
The petitioner, facing a GST penalty order (Ext.P1), sought court intervention to pay the outstanding dues in installments due to financial hardship.
Key Issues
The primary issue was whether the High Court should grant permission to pay a GST penalty liability in installments, given the petitioner's plea of financial hardship.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.K.JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR WEDNESDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2019 / 27TH AGRAHAYANA, 1941 WP(C).No.34646 OF 2019(E) PETITIONER/S: K.N.JAYAPRAKASH PROPRIETOR, M/S. SYSTEMS INDIA MACHINERY MERCHANT, PALAKKAL ANGADI, THRISSUR. BY ADVS. SRI.HARISANKAR V. MENON SMT.MEERA V.MENON SMT.K.KRISHNA RESPONDENT/S: 1 THE STATE TAX OFFICER FOURTH CIRCLE, SGST DEPARTMENT, THRISSUR-680 004. 2 THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX (INT.) STATE GOODS AND SERVICES TAX DEPARTMENT, POOTHOLE, THRISSUR-680 004. 3 THE COMMISSIONER OF STATE GST STATE GST DEPARTMENT, TAX TOWERS, KILLIPPALAM, KARAMANA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 002. GOVERNMENT PLEADER DR.THUSHARA JAMES THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18.12.2019, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
WP(C).No.34646 OF 2019(E) 2 JUDGMENT The limited prayer of the petitioner, who is faced with Ext.P1 penalty order, is for the grant of instalmentS to clear the dues in Ext.P1. 2. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and also the learned Government Pleader for the respondents. On a consideration of the facts and circumstances of th
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