Court Quashes State GST Notices Due to Overlapping Investigations; No Coercive Action Allowed Until Central Probe Ends.

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....Simultaneous investigation by the Central and State GST authorities - the period of enquiry as far as Central tax authority is concerned is from July, 2017 to June, 2018 whereas Opposite Party No.3 has issued a show cause notice specific for March, 2018 and, therefore, there is also an overlapping of the periods. - The Court quashes the show cause notice dated 23rd July, 2019, the impugned order dated 5th November, 2019 including the order dated 4th November, 2019 all passed by Opposite Party No.3 and directs that till the conclusion of the proceeding initiated against the Petitioner by the DGGSTI, no coercive action be taken against the Petitioner by the Opposite Party No.3 - HC....