M/S Yashpal Automobile PVT. LTD. vs. Union Of INDIA
Held
The Court decided to dispose of the writ petition, granting the petitioner the liberty to approach the Court again. This decision was made based on the petitioner's submission that they wished to await the outcome of SLP No.7425-7428 of 2020, which is pending before the Supreme Court and concerns a similar GST issue. The Court noted that the respondents did not oppose this request. The reasoning is procedural; the Court facilitated the petitioner's request to defer further proceedings until a higher court resolves a related matter. The ratio decidendi is that High Courts may grant liberty to approach again, pending the outcome of a Supreme Court case on a similar issue, when the respondents do not object. The operative direction is that the writ petition stands disposed of with the granted liberty.
Facts
The petitioner, M/s Yashpal Automobile Pvt. Ltd., filed a writ petition before the High Court of Chhattisgarh. The petition concerned an issue related to GST. The petitioner sought liberty to approach the Court again, subject to the outcome of a Special Leave Petition (SLP) pending before the Supreme Court. This SLP, numbered 7425-7428 of 2020, dealt with a similar issue and was filed against a judgment of the Delhi High Court. The respondents, including the Union of India and various GST authorities, did not oppose the limited relief sought by the petitioner.
Key Issues
1. Whether the petitioner should be granted liberty to approach the Court again, pending the outcome of SLP No.7425-7428 of 2020 before the Supreme Court, which deals with a similar GST issue. Petitioner's Argument: The petitioner sought permission to withdraw the present writ petition with liberty to approach the court again, depending on the outcome of the aforementioned SLP pending before the Supreme Court. This indicates a procedural request rather than a substantive legal argument on the merits of the GST issue itself. Respondents' Argument: The respondents, represented by their respective counsel, did not oppose the limited relief sought by the petitioner, which was the liberty to approach the court again subject to the outcome of the Supreme Court's decision.
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-1- NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPT No. 66 of 2020
M/s Yashpal Automobile Pvt. Ltd., A Company Incorporated Under The Companies Act, 1956 Having Its Office At Manraj Honda, Nagpur Naka, G.E. Road, Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh Through One of Its Directors And Authorized Signatory, Shri Kulwant Singh Bhatia, S/o Late Shri S. Yashpal Singh Bhatia, Aged 49 Years, R/o B-29, Kailash Nagar, Rajnandgaon, District : Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioner Versus
Union of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Through Secretary, New Delhi
The GST Council Through The Secretary, GST Council Secretariat, Vth Floor, Tower II, Jeevan Bharti Building, Janpath Road, Connaught Place, New Delhi-110001
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, North Block, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, New Delhi-110001
Principal Commissioner, Central GST And Central Excise Building, Tikrapara, Dhamtari Road, Raipur., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Commissioner, State Goods And Services Tax, Civil Lines, Near Raj Bhawan, Raipur, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Assistant Commissioner GST, Range Bhilai 2, Near 32 Bungalows, Ne
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