Court Quashes IGST on Oxygen Concentrators Imported as Gifts, Citing Article 14 Violation and Unconstitutional Tax Burden.

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....Levy of IGST on oxygen concentrators - right to health and affordable treatment - Whether the State's action, of imposing IGST on oxygen concentrators, which were directly imported by individuals, albeit free of cost, without the aid of a canalising agency runs afoul of Article 14 of the Constitution? - The exclusion of individuals, such as the petitioner, from the benefits of the 03.05.2021 notification only because they chose to receive the oxygen concentrators as a gift, albeit directly, without going through a canalizing agency is, in our opinion, violative of Article 14 of the Constitution - The imposition of IGST on oxygen concentrators which are imported by individuals and are received by them as gifts [i.e. free of cost] for personal use, is unconstitutional - the declaration notification no. 30/2021 dated 01.05.2021 is quashed. - HC....