The High Court declined to examine the merits of the challenge...

The High Court declined to examine the merits of the challenge to the show cause notice and ex parte adjudication order, holding that the petitioner had already attempted to pursue the statutory appellate remedy and had made the required pre-deposit. As the appeal could not be uploaded on the portal because of a technical glitch, the Court directed the petitioner to file the appeal afresh under the proviso to Rule 108 of the CGST Rules, 2017, permitted all grounds to be raised before the appellate authority, and condoned the delay in filing. The writ petition was disposed of in favour of pursuing the statutory remedy.

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