2022 (10) TMI 994

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....s of lending. It is registered under the provisions of Central Goods & Services Tax Act, 2017, and is having registration number. 2. The petitioner lends money to its customers for various purposes including to purchase the vehicles. In order to secure its loans, the petitioner obtains collateral security in form of movable and immovable securities, which are either mortgaged, pledged or hypothecated. 2.1 By filing this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioner has prayed, (i) to declare proviso to Rule 32(5) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, and proviso to Rule 32(5) of the Gujarat Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, to be arbitrary and discriminatory as it distinguishes between a regist....

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....e purpose of recovery of a loan or debt shall be deemed to be the purchase price of such goods by the defaulting borrower reduced by five percentage points for every quarter or part thereof, between the date of purchase and the date of disposal by the person making such repossession. 3.1 The notification dated 25.01.2018 deals with effective rates of CGST on old and used motor vehicles. The relevant is the description of goods in Tariff Entry No. 8703 and Tariff Entry No. 87, which prescribes the rate for old and used motor vehicles. The explanation to the said notification reads as under, "Explanation - For the purposes of this notification, - (i) in case of a registered person who has claimed depreciation under sectio....