An advance-ruling application for clarification was listed for repeated personal hearings after examination of issue pendency and comments from the jurisdictional tax officer. Neither the applicant nor an authorised representative attended. The continued non-attendance was treated as lack of interest in pursuing the clarification, rendering the application infructuous and resulting in its disposal and dismissal as withdrawn.

An application seeking clarification through advance ruling was treated as infructuous and dismissed as withdrawn after the applicant and its authorised representative failed to attend repeated personal hearings. Continued non-attendance was construed as lack of interest in pursuing the requested clarification.

In a demerger, input tax credit is apportioned by the ratio of assets transferred to the assets of the relevant State-level unit, with all business assets included in asset value. The formula applies to aggregate unutilised credit, including central tax, State or Union territory tax, integrated tax and cess, and also extends to partial business transfers with liabilities. The asset ratio is determined on the appointed date of demerger and applied to the electronic credit ledger balance on the date FORM GST ITC-02 is filed.

GST exemption for public-service facilitation charges depends on the supplier being the Central Government, State Government, Union territory or local authority and on the consideration being a statutory levy for a statutory obligation. An authorised electronic service provider does not become the State Government merely by delivering services through kiosks or digital infrastructure. User charges collected in addition to statutory departmental fees, including charges for facilitation services connected with non-government entities, are distinct from statutory fees and are treated as taxable supplies rather than exempt governmental services.

GoCredit's Loan App Checker allows borrowers to search lending apps against the public Digital Lending App directory and identify the regulated lender, grievance contact and RBI Ombudsman escalation route where a match exists. Regulatory reporting by regulated entities enables app-level verification, while borrowers should also check the lender named in app disclosures and loan agreements. A directory listing is a regulated-entity disclosure, not RBI approval or endorsement. Unmatched apps should be assessed through verification steps and reported through official channels where appropriate.

Appeals against adjudication orders under the BGST Act lie before the prescribed Appellate Authority. Non-constitution of the Appellate Tribunal does not justify keeping such appeals pending. Tribunal appeal limitation runs from the later of communication of the appellate order or the date on which the President or State President enters office. The applicable period is three months for an aggrieved person and six months for Government appeals. Appellate Authorities may record this position in their orders and should dispose of pending appeals expeditiously.

GST refund claims may club successive tax periods across different financial years where otherwise eligible. Accumulated ITC refund under the inverted duty structure is unavailable when input and output supplies are the same goods despite a later GST rate reduction. For tax refunds other than zero-rated supplies or deemed exports, cash-paid tax is refunded in cash and credit-ledger-paid tax is re-credited as ITC. Accumulated ITC refunds are restricted to supplier-uploaded invoices reflected in FORM GSTR-2A, and applicants must state invoice HSN/SAC details where applicable.

Section 144C(13) requires a final assessment order to be passed within the prescribed period after Dispute Resolution Panel directions. Where the Panel issued directions on 24 January 2022, the statutory period expired on 28 February 2022. A final assessment order issued on 5 August 2022 was consequently beyond limitation, void in law, and quashed in favour of the assessee.

Section 144C(13) requires completion of assessment within one month from the end of the month in which the Assessing Officer receives the DRP directions. Receipt of a consequential TPO order does not extend or defer that limitation period, because the statutory trigger is receipt of the DRP directions. Where the DRP directions were received in June 2022, a final assessment order issued in October 2022 fell outside the prescribed period and was treated as time-barred, null and void, and liable to be quashed.

The deadline for filing applications to settle tax disputes under the West Bengal Sales Tax (Settlement of Dispute) Act, 1999 is further extended until 30 March 2026. The extension applies to applications made under the statutory settlement mechanism and takes effect immediately.

Chhattisgarh GST law expands composition levy options, clarifies turnover exclusions for exempt interest income, and permits enhancement of the registration threshold for suppliers exclusively engaged in goods. It introduces Aadhaar authentication or alternate identification for registration, enables prescribed digital payment facilities, and revises return and tax-payment arrangements. Electronic cash ledger transfers across GST heads are permitted, while delayed-return interest is confined to tax paid through the electronic cash ledger in specified circumstances. National advance-ruling arrangements are incorporated, and anti-profiteering attracts a penalty subject to deposit of the profiteered amount within the prescribed period.

Professional-tax amendments expand employee coverage irrespective of the employer's headquarters or salary disbursement location, prescribe an annual tax rate subject to notified Schedule variations, and require manpower-hiring or supply details in employer records. The applicable enrolment criterion shifts to annual gross turnover or receipts exceeding the prescribed threshold. GST amendments allow post-supply discounts through credit notes where attributable input tax credit is reversed, and revise refund treatment for unutilised input tax credit and exports on payment of tax.

Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018 become operational through phased implementation of prescribed electronic messages in the Customs Automated System across ports. Stakeholders are expected to file applicable messages for cargo processing and clearance. SEZ units may onboard during the transition period, while field formations must conduct outreach, issue public notices, and coordinate resolution of system and policy issues. No penal action is to be taken during the implementation phase.

Kar Vivad Samadhan Scheme settlement certificates are conclusive only for tax arrears expressly covered by them. An interest-only certificate for Assessment Year 1993-94 did not bar a refund arising when a brought-forward loss was later set off, because no income-tax demand had been settled. Conversely, for Assessment Year 1995-96, the certificate expressly settled both income tax and interest; a refund based on a later loss set-off would reduce the settled tax demand and was therefore barred. Statutory finality prevents reassessment or refund only to the extent it reopens matters specifically settled under the Scheme.

Composition levy provisions exclude interest or discount on deposits, loans or advances from specified turnover computations. A separate concessional tax option is introduced for registered persons not eligible for the existing composition scheme, subject to turnover eligibility and exclusions for inter-State outward supplies, specified electronic-commerce supplies, and casual or non-resident taxable persons. Registered persons must undergo Aadhaar authentication or furnish proof of Aadhaar possession, with alternate viable identification where Aadhaar has not been assigned. Failure to comply may render registration invalid.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs appoints the Assistant/Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Group-II (HK), NS-I, JNCH, Nhava Sheva, as the Common Adjudicating Authority for multiple customs show cause notices concerning M/s Akwel Automative Pune India Pvt. Ltd. The appointment authorises that officer to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the officers originally assigned to adjudicate the specified proceedings arising from an SVB investigation report.

Documented long-term capital gains from share sales cannot be treated as unexplained cash credits merely because an investigation report alleges penny-stock accommodation entries. Purchases through a registered broker and stock exchange, banking-channel payments, demat-account holdings and sales, and supporting contract notes retain evidentiary value where no defects are identified. A general report concerning the company or its promoters is insufficient without independent evidence linking the investor to operators, price manipulation, or the alleged scheme. On these facts, no addition under Section 68 arises, and the consequential estimated expenditure addition under Section 69C is deleted.

Reverse charge mechanism for fuel-inclusive passenger motor-vehicle rental services applies where a non-body-corporate supplier provides the service to a body corporate and does not issue an invoice charging GST at 12%. Where GST at 12% is charged by the supplier, the body corporate has no reverse-charge liability. A supplier covered by reverse charge must not charge tax from the recipient. The framework is clarificatory and also governs the period from 1 October 2019 to 30 December 2019.

Omission of rule 96(10) of the CGST Rules, 2017, without an accompanying saving clause, applies to proceedings pending on the date of omission. The restrictions previously contained in that sub-rule cannot be enforced in such pending matters. Section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 does not preserve pending proceedings following omission of a rule. Continuance requires an express saving provision or another legal mechanism preserving existing rights and proceedings.

Commencement of the West Bengal Finance Act, 2026 is staggered. Section 1 and specified parts of section 2 took effect immediately upon notification of the Act. Sub-section (1), clause (a) of sub-section (2), and sub-section (4) of section 2 take effect from 1 October 2026. Scheduled provisions notified under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 2 are to commence on separately appointed dates.