Detention Order Challenged for Export Goods; Court Requires Verification for Zero-Rated Tax Status via GSTR-1 Submission.

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....In the case of a detention order u/s 129(3) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, the petitioner challenged the order on the grounds that the goods were meant for export and thus qualified for Zero Rate Sale, rendering any levy of tax or penalty without jurisdiction. The High Court held that considering the peculiar facts of the case, where the goods relate to export treated as zero rate u/s 16 of the IGST Act, the petitioner shall submit a copy of GSTR-1 before the appropriate respondent. If GSTR-1 reveals the transaction as a zero rate export sale, integrated taxes ought to be paid or the goods must be exported under Bond or Letter of Undertaking in accordance with Section 54 of the Act. If the petitioner can demonstrate the tr.........