Ex parte order set aside after email notices landed in junk; matter remitted for fresh consideration under Section 73(9)

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....The HC allowed the petition, holding that principles of natural justice were violated because the petitioner did not receive notices sent to an email that landed in the junk folder, resulting in an ex parte order. Accepting the petitioner's assertion of bona fide inability and sufficient cause to file replies, the court set aside the impugned order dated 13.03.2024 issued by respondent No.3 under Section 73(9) read with Sections 73(10), 50, 122(2)(a) of the KGST Act and corresponding provisions in the CGST Act and IGST Act. The matter is remitted to respondent No.3 for fresh consideration in accordance with law from the stage of the petitioner submitting a reply to the show-cause notice dated 26.12.2023.....