Sms INDIA Private Limited vs. Union Of INDIA & Ors
Held
The Court noted that the parties were in agreement that a similar issue had been decided by the High Court in a common order dated May 21, 2018, in CWP No. 4180 of 2018 (M/s Surinder Arora Enterprises vs. State of Punjab and others). Based on this consensus, the Court held that the present writ petition could be disposed of in terms of that prior order. The reasoning is based on the principle of judicial precedent and the parties' consent to follow a previously established legal position. The operative direction was to dispose of the writ petition in terms of the order in M/s Surinder Arora Enterprises's case. No specific issue was expressly left undecided, as the matter was resolved by reference to a prior judgment.
Facts
The petitioner, SMS India Private Limited, filed a writ petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking a direction to the respondents to allow them input tax credit (ITC). The petitioner approached the court for this relief. The counsel for both the petitioner and the respondents agreed that a similar issue had been previously decided by the High Court. They further agreed that the present writ petition could be disposed of in terms of a common order passed by the Court on May 21, 2018, in CWP No. 4180 of 2018, titled M/s Surinder Arora Enterprises vs. State of Punjab and others. Consequently, the present writ petition was disposed of in line with that prior order.
Key Issues
1. Whether the petitioner is entitled to a direction for allowing input tax credit (ITC)? Petitioner's Argument: The petitioner sought a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to allow them input tax credit. The petitioner's counsel relied on a previous order passed by the same High Court in a batch of similar writ petitions, M/s Surinder Arora Enterprises vs. State of Punjab and others, dated May 21, 2018, and argued that the present petition should be disposed of in terms of that order. Respondents' Argument: The respondents' counsel agreed that the issue was similar to the one decided in M/s Surinder Arora Enterprises's case and consented to the disposal of the present petition in terms of that order. No separate arguments were recorded for the respondents beyond this agreement.
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118 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.26080 of 2018 (O&M)
Date of decision : 09.10.2018 SMS India Private Limited ...Petitioner Versus Union of India and others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT RAWAL Present: Mr. Pawan Kumar Pahwa, Advocate and Mr. Bimal Jain, Advocate for the petitioner.
Mr. Tajender K. Joshi, Advocate for respondent Nos.1 to 3.
Mr. Ankur Mittal, Addl. A.G., Haryana for respondent No.4. **** RAJESH BINDAL, J.
The petitioner approached this Court praying for issuance of writ of mandamus seeking a direction to the respondents to allow the petitioner input tax credit.
Learned counsel for the parties are agreed that similar issue came up before this Court and a bunch of writ petitions were disposed of by a common order dated 21.5.2018 passed in CWP No.4180 of 2018 M/s order passed in M/s Surinder Arora Enterprises's case (supra). ( RAJESH BINDAL ) JUDGE 09.10.2018 Yogesh Sharma
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