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Statutory remedy of appeal should be availed before invoking writ jurisdiction

The Hon’ble Jharkhand High Court in the case of Sursarita Vanijya (P.) Ltd. disposed of the writ petition challenging the GST demand issued in Form GST DRC-07 on the ground that ITC had been availed in contravention of Section 16(2)(c) of the CGST Act, directing the assessee to avail the statutory remedy of appeal under Section 107 of the CGST Act and held that various issues had been pointed out regarding merit as also violation of principle of natural justice.

GST ArticleHigh Court

Constitutional validity of Section 16(2)(c) and 16(4) upheld and due date for availment of ITC has been changed retrospectively from September to 30th November from FY 2017-18 onwards

The Hon’ble Kerala High Court in M/s. M. Trade Links has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 16(2)(c) and Section 16(4) of the CGST/SGST Act. After acknowledging the difficulties during the initial implementation years of GST, this Court has relieved the Petitioners by retrospectively extending the time limit to avail ITC to November 30 from the FY 2017-18 onwards.