GST appeal limitation and electronic order upload: High Court quashes rejection and remits matter for merits consideration.

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....Mandatory electronic upload of the summary of an adjudication order under GST is required to preserve the taxpayer's statutory right of appeal, and the appellate authority cannot treat an appeal as time-barred where that summary was issued later. Following its earlier view and the Supreme Court's principle in ASP Traders, the HC held that reliance only on an earlier email transmission was insufficient in the circumstances. The appellate order rejecting the appeal on limitation was quashed, and the matter was remitted for fresh disposal on merits without reference to limitation.....