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GST Registration in One State Can Be Denied Due to Non-Compliance in Another State

The Hon’ble Rajasthan High Court in the case of Leighton India Contractors Private Limited vs Union of India & Ors held that a company registered in one State which fails to comply with GST provisions, including filing of returns, would be treated as a defaulter and can be denied registration in another State, as the GST framework is both State-centric and Central-centric.

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Supreme Court’s COVID Limitation Exclusion Applies to GST Appeals and Cannot Be Rejected as Time-Barred

The Hon’ble Gujarat High Court in the case of Marvin Enterprise held that the benefit of limitation exclusion granted by the Supreme Court in Suo Motu Writ Petition (C) No. 3 of 2020 Order dated January 10, 2022 must be applied while computing limitation under Section 107 of the CGST Act, and consequently, an appeal filed within the extended condonable period cannot be rejected as time-barred.

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Exoneration in Section 73 proceedings by State GST authorities would not ipso facto bar Central GST authorities from initiating proceedings under Section 74

The Hon’ble Delhi High Court in PEI Industries dismissed the writ petition challenging the Order-in-Original dated March 30, 2026 passed under Section 74 of the CGST Act and held that Section 73 and Section 74 of the CGST Act operate in altogether different arenas, and merely because the assessee was exonerated in proceedings under Section 73 by the State GST authorities, the same would not, by itself, preclude the Central GST authorities from proceeding against the assessee under Section 74 of the CGST Act.