The Allahabad HC Monday set aside a lower court’s order convicting SP MP Afzal Ansari in a UP Gangster Act case linked to the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai in 2005. Last year, the Ghazipur court had also sentenced Ansari to four years of imprisonment. With the conviction now set aside, Ansari can continue as an MP. Out on bail, Ansari, had contested the LS elections from Ghazipur on a SP ticket and won. Setting aside the conviction, Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh of the HC, said the prosecution could…
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GST E-Way Bills Not Required: Allahabad HC Throws Out Penalties (Feb 1, 2018
The Allahabad High Court in a ruling addressed the levied penalties under the U.P. GST Act for transporting goods without an e-way bill. The matter is towards levying the penalties via the Assistant Commissioner under the U.P. GST Act, 2017. While quoting the duration between February 2018 and March 2018, it was claimed by the applicant that the need for the e-way bills was not able to be enforced directing a precedent from the court in M/s Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd vs State of U.P. Important: Is GST…
Allahabad HC Dismisses Petitions Against Extension of GST Filing Deadlines for FY 2017-18
A bunch of petitions have been dismissed by the Allahabad High Court contesting central and state government orders/notifications extending the time duration to file the GST return for the FY 2017-18 and also extending the time limit for its investigation and audit via tax officials. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the time limit to file the GST returns was extended in 2020. The bench constituting Justice SD Singh and Justice Donadi Ramesh was hearing a clutch of petitions furnished via a multinational firm M/s Graziano Transmission and several others. As…