IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Mr. JUSTICE KRISHNAN RAMASAMY, J
M/s.Oriental Lotus Hotel Supplies Private Limited – Appellant
Versus
The Joint Commissioner, Chennai GST Audit II Commissionerate – Respondent
ORDER
This writ petition has been filed challenging the issue with regard to the ?bunching of Show Cause notices?, i.e., issuance of a single show cause notice, by the respondents, for more than one financial year.
2. Petitioner- submissions:
2.1 The learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that in this case, the respondent had issued a single show cause notice and thereafter, passed a single assessment order for 4 financial years, viz., 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23.
2.2 Further, she would submit that the Good and Services Tax Act, 2017 , (hereinafter called as ?GST Act?) fixes the limitation for issuance of notices and passing the assessment orders for each and every financial years under Section 73 and 74 of the GST Act. When such being the case, the notice under said Sections shall be issued to the Assessee separately for each financial year. Hence, she would contend that the bunching of notice for more than one financial year is against the spirit of Section 73 and 74 of GST Act.
2.3 She would also submit that while bunching, the show cause notices were issued at the fag end of the limitation period, due to which, the petitioner may not be able to collect the evidences
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