High Court to Set Aside Show-Cause Notice on Transitional Credit Due to Jurisdictional Errors in CGST Act Section 140.

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....Validity of Show cause notice - jurisdiction - Inadmissible transitional credit - Education Cess (E Cess) - Secondary & Higher Education Cess (SHE Cess) - Krishi Kalyan Cess (KK Cess) - Perusal of the impugned show-cause notice would reveal assumption of jurisdiction by the respondent no.3 based on introduction of Explanation 3 to Section 140 of the CGST Act read with Explanations 1 and 2 thereof without showing application of mind as to whether the amended Explanations 1 and 2 have been made operational or not as well as whether Explanation 3 would at all apply to sub-section (1) of Section 140 of the CGST Act. - The present case is one where the impugned show-cause notice suffers from an error going to the root of the jurisdiction of the respondent no.3 in assuming jurisdiction and is, accordingly, indefensible and liable to be set aside - HC....