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NEWSLETTER OF
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FEBRUARY 2021
THE CENTRAL TAX
ZONE BENGALURU The GST
this issue
The GST Seva Kendra
(Help Centre) at the CR Notification Updates (Jan 2021) P.2
Building, Bengaluru
launches a whatsapp
outreach GSTN Updates P.4
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Updates on Legal matters
To view module wise functionalities deployed on the GST Portal and webinars
conducted/ Videos posted on our YouTube channel, refer to table below:
b) If taxpayer clicks on “Remind me later” pop up will be closed and user can
navigate anywhere on the GST portal.
The IFF is a facility similar to Form GSTR-1, and it allows filing of details of
B2B invoices in following tables only:
The option to upload details in IFF can be availed till 13th of the subsequent
month. Any invoices remaining to be furnished, can be filed using the IFF in
the subsequent month IFF or in the quarterly Form GSTR-1. For e.g. for Apr-
June qtr., B2B invoices for the month of April (M1) can be filed in IFF by a
taxpayer till 13th May. Any IFF which is not filed till the due date of 13th of
the subsequent month will expire.
To file the IFF form for M1 and M2 of the month, login to GST Portal and
navigate to Returns > Services > Returns Dashboard > File Returns and then
Select the Financial Year & Return Filing Period (M1/M2 of a quarter) and
click on SEARCH button to file the IFF forms for M1 or M2 month.
The CBIC has issued an instruction on 12th January 2021 on the subject of
its officers attending conferences/seminars/webinars/ organized by non-
government entities as resource persons.
This instruction is for strict compliance of all officers without any exception.
The Commercial Tax Department in association with the NIC, Karnataka has
also implemented an online audit backed system called e-shodane.
In the case of the Criminal Writ Petitions filed by Mr Tejas Praveen Dugad,
Mr Gaurav Pramod Dugad, Miss Sonal Paras Chordiya and Mr Kirtikumar
Manikchand Dugad vs UOI & DGG & others, reported in 2021-TIOL-178-
HC-MUM-GST, petitioners are directors of M/s. Ganraj Ispat Private Limited
company and the company is registered under the provisions of the Act, 2017
- One Tushar Munot, sole proprietor of M/s. Rutu Enterprises was arrested
by the officers of GST intelligence in the month of October 2020 - In the month
of November 2020, search of the premises of the company of Petitioners was
conducted and some documents came to be seized - It is the contention of the
Petitioners that as there was allegations of commission of offence under
section 132 of the Act and it was informed to them that there was GST
liabilities of Rs. 84,00,046/- - the Petitioner deposited this amount with
Respondent No. 2, but under protest - It is the contention of the Petitioners
that all the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure need to be applied
for registration of crime, investigation and for taking cognizance of the offence
and as the procedure is not followed, action taken against them is illegal -
Inasmuch it is their contention that the provisions of Sections 154, 157 and
172 of the Code of Criminal Procedure are not followed by the Respondents.
The Hon’ble High Court held that the criminal proceeding can be filed by the
Respondent department but such proceeding is not in existence at present
and from that angle, the petitions are premature - Provisions of 67, 67(10),
69, 132, 134, 138 and scheme of the Act show that separate Chapters are
given in the Act for determination of tax not paid or erroneously refunded or
input tax credit wrongly availed and for offences and penalties - In view of the
scheme of the Act, this Court has no hesitation to hold that in the cases of
present nature, both adjudication and prosecution can be started
simultaneously - Further, the aforesaid special provisions shall prevail over
the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure and it cannot be said that
all the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure like Sections 154 and 173
of the Code of Criminal Procedure need to be followed for prosecution under
the Act - This Court is limiting the scope of discussion only to the extent of
the offences committed under the Act and the observations are made only
In the writ petition filed by M/s RCI Industries and Technologies Ltd,
reported in 2021-TIOL-138-HC-DELHI-GST, the action of search carried out
at the Petitioner's business premises on 30th September, 2020, u/s 67 of the
Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 read with Rule 139 of the
DGST Rules, 2017 was impugned - Petitioner complains that they have been
subjected to harassment at the hands of CGST Authorities i.e. DGGI
Gurugram who have searched them numerous times; that in fact Petitioner
has responded to the summons issued in this regard, pursuant whereto
statement of Petitioner company's director was also recorded; that the last
search was conducted by the CGST authorities on 7th March, 2020 at the
director's residence and this search action was challenged by the petitioner
in W.P. (C) No. 7145/2020 = 2020-TIOL-903-HC-P&H-GST before the Punjab
and Haryana High Court; that the said challenge was successful and
consequently the search action and the panchnama dated 7th March, 2020
were quashed - Petitioner's grievance is that now the State GST Authority i.e.
DGST has subjected the Petitioner to yet another search action in relation to
the same period, despite the Petitioner being earlier subjected to search action
at the hands of the Central Authorities, which was impugned before the
Punjab and Haryana High Court - It is argued that the action of the State
authorities under the DGST Act is illegal and unlawful and contrary to the
provisions of the CGST/DGST Act - Petitioner urges that no parallel enquiries
on the same issues by the two authorities can take place under Sections 5
and 6 of DGST Act, 2017 .
The Hon’ble Delhi High Court disposed off the writ petition as follows:-
+ In the event the notice issued by the DGST authorities pertains to a period
which is covered by the investigation carried out by the Central GST
The Apex Court dismissed the SLP on grounds of delay and held that the
explanation given is hardly satisfactory and, in fact, is a saga of gross
negligence on the part of the concerned officers for prosecuting the remedy.
The dates set out in the application show that on 09.08.2019, a proposal to
file the special leave petition was sent by the zone to the NCB Headquarters
and the Headquarters asked for additional documents on 19.09.2019.
Thereafter, the documents were received on 14.10.2019 and a meeting was
held on 17.02.2020. The saga continues of these delays!
We have been repeatedly deprecating the practice of authorities coming before
this Court after inordinate delays assuming as if the Law of Limitation does
not apply to them. Repeatedly, reliance is placed on the judgments of vintage
when technology was not easily available. No reference is made to the
subsequent judgment in the Office of the Chief Post Master General & Ors. v.
Living Media India Ltd. & Anr. -(2012) 3 SCC 563 = 2012-TIOL-123-SC-
LMT which has dealt with the issue that consideration of the ability of the
Government to file appeal in time would have to be dealt with in the context
of the technology now available and merely shuffling files from one table to
the other would no more be a sufficient reason.
We have also categorized such cases as "certificate cases". We have specified
the object to file such cases to obtain a certificate of dismissal from the
Supreme Court to put a quietus to the issue and thus, record that nothing
could be done because the highest Court has dismissed the appeal. It is a
completion of formality with endeavourer to save the skin of the officers who
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