The Bombay High Court on December 6 directed the adjudicating officer of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) department not to pass any orders in demand notice issued to online gaming company Playerzpot Media Private Limited without its permission.
“The adjudicating officer may proceed to hear the petitioners (Playerzpot) on the show cause notice, however, final orders on the show cause notice shall not be passed without the leave of this Court,” a division bench of the Bombay HC said in its order.
Playerzpot received a demand notice of over Rs 500 crore from the GST department in September 2023. The company approached the Bombay HC by filing a writ petition, which came up for hearing on December 6.
During the hearing, lawyers for Playerzpot cited the cases of Delta Corp in Sikkim and Goa bench of the Bombay HC where interim orders were passed and urged the court to pass a similar order. The court, accordingly passed an interim order issuing a direction to the adjudicating officer. Playerzpot was represented by law firm Khaitan and Co.
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