Electronic GST service requires acknowledgment or response; portal-only upload cannot replace formal service of notices or adjudication orders.

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....Electronic service of GST show-cause notices and adjudication orders requires more than uploading them to the 'View Additional Notices and Orders' tab of the GST Common Portal. Portal-only uploading does not constitute proper service under the CGST Act unless the recipient acknowledges receipt or responds. A retrospective amendment permitting functions under the GST Rules to be performed through the portal does not expand the portal's specified functions or replace formal statutory service. The writ petition was disposed of consistently with the established position on deficient portal-only service.....