HC limits GST cancellation to Show Cause Notice date, overturns retrospective cancellation from 2017 under Section 29

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....The HC quashed the impugned final order of GST cancellation dated 6 September 2024, allowing the petition. The court held that since the taxpayer was found non-existent at the principal place of business during physical verification, retrospective cancellation from 1 July 2017 was inappropriate. Relying on precedent, the HC modified the cancellation date to 4 September 2021, the date of issuance of the Show Cause Notice, recognizing that the petitioner did not intend to continue business or registration. Consequently, the retrospective cancellation was set aside, and the GST registration cancellation was limited to the date of the Show Cause Notice.....