Commissioner Of GST And Central Excise, Surat vs. Chetan Balvantrai Chauhan
Held
The Court held that the Tax Appeal could be disposed of on the ground of low tax effect, as stated by the Revenue's counsel. Consequently, the Tax Appeal was disposed of as not pressed on this ground. The Court explicitly clarified that it had not gone into the merits of the issue raised in the Tax Appeal. Therefore, no specific finding was made on any substantive GST or Central Excise law, nor was any principle established for future citation. The operative direction was to dispose of the appeal on the stated ground.
Facts
The Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, Surat, filed a Tax Appeal (C/TAXAP/965/2017) before the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad against Chetan Balvantrai Chauhan. The appeal was filed by the Revenue. The specific tax period(s) and the amount in dispute are not recorded in the judgment. The procedural history leading to this appeal is not detailed, other than the filing of the Tax Appeal itself. The Revenue's counsel made a statement before the Court.
Key Issues
The Court had to decide whether to proceed with the hearing of the Tax Appeal. The Revenue, through its counsel, made a statement regarding the low tax effect of the appeal. The petitioner (Revenue) argued that the appeal could be disposed of on the ground of low tax effect. The respondent (Opponent) did not appear to argue their case, as indicated by 'RULE SERVED'. The Court did not delve into the merits of the issues raised in the Tax Appeal.
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ORAL ORDER (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J.B.PARDIWALA)
Mr. Ankit Shah the learned senior standing counsel appearing for the Revenue makes a statement that this Tax Appeal can be disposed of on the ground of low tax effect.
In the wake of such statement being made, the Tax Appeal is disposed of as not pressed on the ground of low tax effect.
We clarify that, we have not gone into the merits of the issue raised in this Tax Appeal. (J. B. PARDIWALA, J) (BHARGAV D. KARIA, J) KUMAR ALOK
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