GST Show Cause Notices Initiate Adjudication, Leaving Audit and Limitation Objections for Statutory Determination Rather Than Writ Intervention

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....GST show cause notices initiate, rather than conclusively determine, tax liability. Statutory adjudication must consider the registered person's reply; recording the reply as unsatisfactory does not preclude independent examination of whether it received adequate consideration. Objections concerning audit findings, limitation, tax computation and treatment of deposits fall for determination by the Adjudicating Authority. Writ intervention should not ordinarily pre-empt that statutory process, and substantive objections remain available during adjudication.....