https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=751338 The article addresses whether a writ petition challenging a GST assessment is maintainable despite the statutory appellate remedy, and whether payments to international assignees under independent employment contracts attract GST or constitute employment income. It states that constitutional writ jurisdiction can be invoked for limited substantive consideration of the employment-characterisation and GST applicability questions, overruling the preliminary objection based on the availability of appeal for that purpose. The piece records a direction for a counter-affidavit, that the deposit made under protest will abide the petition outcome, and the residual demand remains in abeyance pending final disposal. en-us Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:18:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=751338 The article addresses whether a writ petition challenging a GST assessment is maintainable despite the statutory appellate remedy, and whether payments to international assignees under independent employment contracts attract GST or constitute employment income. It states that constitutional writ jurisdiction can be invoked for limited substantive consideration of the employment-characterisation and GST applicability questions, overruling the preliminary objection based on the availability of appeal for that purpose. The piece records a direction for a counter-affidavit, that the deposit made under protest will abide the petition outcome, and the residual demand remains in abeyance pending final disposal. Case-Laws GST Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=751338