https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=276342 A Gujarat HC considered whether a show cause notice under section 81 of the Gujarat Value Added Tax Act, 2003 could be protected by ad-interim relief where the petitioner claimed he had become an advocate and no longer functioned as a sales tax practitioner. The petitioner argued that any alleged misconduct connected with professional conduct should fall within the disciplinary framework applicable to advocates, not merely under the sales tax practitioner regime, and that the notice lacked authority on that basis. The Court issued notice and granted protective interim relief, restraining the respondent from proceeding further on the impugned notice until the returnable date. en-us Tue, 03 May 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 08 Nov 2018 10:12:12 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=276342 A Gujarat HC considered whether a show cause notice under section 81 of the Gujarat Value Added Tax Act, 2003 could be protected by ad-interim relief where the petitioner claimed he had become an advocate and no longer functioned as a sales tax practitioner. The petitioner argued that any alleged misconduct connected with professional conduct should fall within the disciplinary framework applicable to advocates, not merely under the sales tax practitioner regime, and that the notice lacked authority on that basis. The Court issued notice and granted protective interim relief, restraining the respondent from proceeding further on the impugned notice until the returnable date. Case-Laws VAT and Sales Tax Tue, 03 May 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=276342