2024 (10) TMI 130

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....l Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereafter the CGST Act) to M/s S.K. Gupta & Co., the sole proprietorship concern of one Mr Surender Kumar Gupta. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner states that Mr Surender Kumar Gupta had expired and the present petition has been filed by his widow. 3. Admittedly, the impugned SCN has been issued to a person who was a deceased taxpayer. 4. The learned counsel for the respondents submits that the petitioner has since been carrying on the business of her deceased husband and therefore, in terms of Section 93 of the CGST Act, the respondents are entitled to initiate the proceedings for recovery of any amount due under the relevant statute from the said concern. 5. It is settled law that the identi....

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....erest or penalty under this Act, is a Hindu Undivided Family or an association of persons and the property of the Hindu Undivided Family or the association of persons is partitioned amongst the various members or groups of members, then, each member or group of members shall, jointly and severally, be liable to pay the tax, interest or penalty due from the taxable person under this Act up to the time of the partition whether such tax, penalty or interest has been determined before partition but has remained unpaid or is determined after the partition. (3) Save as otherwise provided in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016), where a taxable person, liable to pay tax, interest or penalty under this Act, is a firm, and the fir....