Composite GST notices, mandatory limitation, and same-subject bar: HC upheld valid notices but quashed overlapping proceedings and unauthorised withho...
Penalty proceedings under CGST Act cannot be initiated after State GST Authorities have initiated proceedings on the same subject matter. Once proceedings are initiated u/ss 73 or 74, penalty proceedings u/s 122 are deemed concluded. The impugned show cause notice purporting u/s 122 of CGST Act, after initiation of proceedings by State GST Authorities, is illegal, arbitrary, without jurisdiction, and contrary to provisions of law, warranting court's interference to quash it.
Penalty proceedings under CGST Act cannot be initiated after State GST Authorities have initiated proceedings on the same subject matter. Once proceedings are initiated u/ss 73 or 74, penalty proceedings u/s 122 are deemed concluded. The impugned show cause notice purporting u/s 122 of CGST Act, after initiation of proceedings by State GST Authorities, is illegal, arbitrary, without jurisdiction, and contrary to provisions of law, warranting court's interference to quash it.
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