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Ratification is no substitute for recommendation – Notifications travelling beyond GST Council recommendations are ultra vires

The Hon’ble Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) in M/s. Guru and Co. ruled that Central Government cannot travel beyond the recommendations of the GST Council, and that the GST Council, whose power under Article 279A of the Constitution of India is only to make recommendations, does not possess any power to ratify Notifications already issued by the Government.