The writ petition by Industry Association E-Gaming Federation (EGF) and money gaming platform A23 before the Supreme Court challenging the provisions of CGST 2017 will be heard tomorrow i.e., December 15 . The matter is listed before a three judge bench headed by the Chief Justice.
As earlier reported, this petition pertains to challenge of CGST Act, 2017 provisions and the CGST Rules as they existed before the recent amendments and the retrospective interpretation of 28% GST provisions by the department. EGF is already one of the respondents in the pending appeal by the DGGI in the GamesKraft matter.
In court filings accessed by G2G, EGF said a fresh cause of action has arisen since show-cause notices have been issued to its members and new issues have been raised in the present petition including the constitutional validity of the provisions of the CGST Act. The demand for A23 is close to Rs. 6,500 crores.
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