Court Invalidates Sections of CGST Act on GST Appellate Tribunal Composition and Judicial Member Appointment Criteria.

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....Constitution of the GST Appellate Tribunal - Section 110(1)(b)(iii) of the CGST Act which states that a Member of the Indian Legal Services, who has held a post not less than Additional Secretary for three years, can be appointed as a Judicial Member in GSTAT, is struck down - Section 109(3) and 109(9) of the CGST Act, 2017, which prescribes that the tribunal shall consists of one Judicial Member, one Technical Member (Centre) and one Technical Member (State), is struck down. - HC....