2023 (11) TMI 1339

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.... FOR THE PETITIONER: SRI. P.N. DAMODARAN NAMBOODIRI, SRI. HRITHWIK D. NAMBOOTHIRI FOR THE RESPONDENT: DR. THUSHARA JAMES, SENIOR GOVT. PLEADER JUDGMENT D r. A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, J. The petitioner in W.P.(C). No.33787 of 2023 is the appellant before us aggrieved by the judgment dated 17.10.2023 of the learned Single Judge in the writ petition. 2. The brief facts necessary for d....

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....ces Tax Act [SGST Act]. It was the case of the appellant that the show cause notice did not specifically refer to the provisions of Section 73(11) of the CGST/SGST Act but had proceeded on the assumption that what the appellant was liable to was only a penalty under Section 73(8) of the CGST/SGST Act, which, on the facts of the instant case, did not apply. 3. The learned Single Judge, who consi....

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....so Dr. Thushara James, the learned senior Government Pleader for the respondents. 5. Before us, it is the submission of Sri. Hrithwik, the learned counsel for the appellant that the learned Single Judge erred in confirming the demand of penalty which was impugned in the writ petition. In particular, it is contended that Ext.P1 notice issued to the appellant mentioned only the possibility of a p....

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....oncerned. While paying the tax due to the State along with the returns filed by the appellant, the appellant had failed to include the tax amounts covered by the invoices considered by the Assessing Authority for the issuance of the demand for differential tax, and it was under those circumstances that the demand for differential tax came to be made as against the appellant. While it may be a fact....