M.S Jagdalpur Motors vs. Union Of INDIA
Held
The High Court decided to dispose of the writ petition, granting the petitioner the liberty to approach the court again, subject to the outcome of SLP No.7425-7428 of 2020 pending before the Supreme Court. The court reasoned that the respondents did not oppose the limited relief sought by the petitioner. The ratio decidendi is that a High Court can grant liberty to withdraw a writ petition with the right to re-approach, especially when a similar matter is pending before the Supreme Court and the respondents do not object. The operative direction was to dispose of the writ petition with the aforesaid liberty. No issues were expressly left undecided as the petition was disposed of on the petitioner's request.
Facts
The petitioner, M.S Jagdalpur Motors, filed a writ petition before the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur. The petition was against the Union of India and various GST authorities. The specific tax period and the order or action under challenge are not detailed in the provided text. The amount in dispute is also not mentioned. The procedural history indicates that the petitioner sought to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to approach the court again, pending the outcome of a similar issue before the Supreme Court in SLP No.7425-7428 of 2020, which was against a judgment of the Delhi High Court.
Key Issues
The primary issue was whether the petitioner should be granted liberty to withdraw the writ petition with the right to re-approach the court, pending the outcome of a related matter before the Supreme Court. The petitioner argued for this liberty, citing the pendency of SLP No.7425-7428 of 2020 before the Supreme Court, which deals with a similar issue. The respondents, including the Union of India and various GST authorities, did not oppose this limited relief sought by the petitioner. No specific provisions of the CGST/SGST Act or Rules were explicitly debated in the context of the petitioner's request for liberty to withdraw.
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-1- NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR Writ Petition (T) No. 230 of 2018 M.S Jagdalpur Motors Through Director, Shri Niraj Sharma, aged about 37 years, Address- NH-16, Geedam Road, Pandripani, Jagdalpur, District- Bastar, Chhattisgarh. ---Petitioner(s) Versus
Union of India Through the Secretary (Revenue), Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Room No. 46, North Block, New Delhi.
The GST Council Through Secretary, GST Council Secretariat, V Floor, Tower Ii, Jeevan Bharti Building, Janpath Road, Connaught Place, New Delhi.
Divisional Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Tax, Commercial Tax Office, Division-1, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
Commissioner of Central Tax Goods and Services Tax, Central GST Bhawan, Dhamtari Road, Tikrapara, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
Commissioner of State Tax Goods and Services Tax, Raipur, Civil Lines, Near Raj Bhawan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. ---Respondents For Petitioner : Shri Siddharth Shukla, Advocate. For Respondent No.1 : Shri Himanshu Pandey, on behalf of Shri B.Gopa Kumar, Asst. Solicitor General. For State : Ms. Sunita Jain, Govt. Advocate. For Respondent No.4 : Shri Maneesh Sharma, Advocate. Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy
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