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2024 Supreme(Ker) 953

GOPINATH P.
Ali K. ,S/o. Muhammed – Appellant
Versus
Additional Director General – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared
For the Appellant : S.PARVATHI, T.K.SREEKALA, NIKITHA SUSAN PAULSON, ATHIRA PRASAD, ANAND GEO, K.I.MAYANKUTTY MATHER (SR.)
For the Respondent: ADV SHRI.SREELAL N.WARRIER, SC, GST, INTELLIGENCE (DIRECTORATE GENERAL -DGGI), MST. JASMINE M.M. (GOVERNMENT PLEADER)

JUDGMENT :

Petitioners are partners of a firm trading in the name and style of ‘SR Trades’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Firm’). The Firm is, primarily, in the business of purchase and sale of scrap. In the month of November 2020, there was a search conducted in the business premises of the petitioners under Section 67 of the CGST Act. The 1st petitioner was also arrested and detained on the allegation of fraudulent transactions, leading to the evasion of GST on a massive scale. The registration of the Firm under the CGST/SGST Acts was also cancelled. According to the petitioners, they were thus forced to close down their business in the year 2022. Ext.P1 show cause notice was issued to the petitioners on 04.05.2023, calling upon the petitioners to show cause regarding the following:-

    “8.1 the Input Tax Credit of Rs. 8,59,16,757/-(Rupees Eight Crores, Fifty Nine Lakhs, Sixteen Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty-Seven only) availed by M/s SR Traders on the strength of fake invoices, as discussed above, should not be declared fake and inadmissible and recovered under sub-section (1) of Section 74 of the CGST Act, 2017, read with Section 20 of the IGST Act, 2017;

8.2 interest payable o

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