GST Demand Validity Upheld; ITC Denial Stands Without Proof of Purchase and Receipt via Invoices and E-Way Bills.

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....Validity of demand of GST and denial of input tax credit (ITC) - The High Court held that, u/s 16 of the TNGST Act read with Rule 36 of the rules framed thereunder, the registered person is under an obligation to establish purchase, including receipt of goods or services, as the case may be - Ordinarily, the petitioner would be required to produce invoices, e-way bills, payment receipts, lorry receipts, delivery challans and the like to establish purchase and receipt of goods. Since the impugned order was issued primarily on the basis that such documents were not submitted by the petitioner, it is not appropriate to adjudicate this issue in exercise of discretionary jurisdiction when the petitioner has an alternative remedy.....