Court Rules Taxpayers Must Have Fair Chance to Transition CENVAT, VAT Credits to GST via Form GST TRAN-1.

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....Transitional Credit - carry forward/transition of CENVAT and VAT Input Tax Credit - Form GST TRAN-1 - Taxing statute and equity considerations are not natural allies. At the same time, in the context of a purely procedural requirement and transition provision, we cannot act unmindful of that consequence - if the respondents had offered a functional system, the State could not have deprived the petitioners of transition credit of CENVAT and ITC (under the repealed laws) - thus, there is no hesitation in observing that a reasonable opportunity ought to have been granted to all “registered persons”/taxpayers to submit/revise/re-revise electronically their Form GST TRAN-1/TRAN-2. - HC....