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Assessment and recovery proceedings could not be sustained without consideration of factual and legal issues

The Hon’ble Himachal Pradesh High Court in Hindustan Construction Company Limited held that the matter required reconsideration on factual and legal aspects and remitted it to the Assistant Commissioner, State Taxes and Excise, Dharamshala, directing a fresh decision by September 30, 2025, after affording opportunity of hearing.

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Quashes refund-rejection citing relaxation in time limit for availment of ITC for initial years of GST

The Hon’ble Calcutta High Court in DYS Impex Private Limited  held that refund denial based on Section 16(4) of the CGST/ WBGST Act could not be sustained in light of the retrospective insertion of Section 16(5), which extended the timeline for availing input tax credit (ITC) for initial 4 FYs, starting from 2017-18 to 2020-21 up to November 30, 2021.

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Bombay HC directs deletion of GST registration obtained using impersonated Aadhaar and PAN

The Hon’ble Bombay High Court in Vilas Prabhakar Lad held that GST authorities must delete the Aadhaar and PAN linked to the Petitioner’s name from the portal as the registration was fraudulently obtained and expressed deep displeasure at the systemic failure across statutory authorities to act upon clear evidence of impersonation and fraud.