https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=167970 The Madras HC held that writ petitions challenging sales tax and central sales tax orders were not maintainable before the Madurai Bench because the cause of action arose outside its territorial jurisdiction and the relevant matters fell within the Principal Bench area. It further held that an effective statutory appellate remedy was available under the tax enactments, which the petitioner had bypassed, including by withdrawing pending tribunal appeals without justification. The Court treated the filing as forum shopping and an improper invocation of writ jurisdiction in fiscal matters, and dismissed the writ petitions. en-us Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 19:44:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=167970 The Madras HC held that writ petitions challenging sales tax and central sales tax orders were not maintainable before the Madurai Bench because the cause of action arose outside its territorial jurisdiction and the relevant matters fell within the Principal Bench area. It further held that an effective statutory appellate remedy was available under the tax enactments, which the petitioner had bypassed, including by withdrawing pending tribunal appeals without justification. The Court treated the filing as forum shopping and an improper invocation of writ jurisdiction in fiscal matters, and dismissed the writ petitions. Case-Laws VAT and Sales Tax Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=167970