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68 rulings found
Kerala High Court
Where petitioner filed relevant GST returns for tax periods April 2019 to March 2020 prior to 30.11.2021 cut-off prescribed under Section 16(5), denial of input tax credit solely for late filing under Section 16(4) was unsustainable and petitioner was entitled for reconsideration and grant of ITC subject to fulfilment of other conditions
Calcutta High Court
Where assessee filed rectification application for ITC after prescribed cut-off as per departmental circulars but statute provided no time limit, executive circulars imposing six-month cap could not override substantive right under Section 16(5), and rejection for delay was unsustainable so rectification application was to be reconsidered on merits unless delay was found exceptional
Rajasthan High Court
Where petitioner firm availed ITC on procurement of goods but Insolvency proceedings were initiated against supplier under IBC before deposit of collected GST, statutory condition mandated actual payment of tax by supplier and, thus, recipient could not avail ITC unless supplier had paid tax, and on supplier's default, recovery of such ITC from recipient was permissible in law. GST: Where petitioner challenged Section 16(2)(c) on grounds of practical impossibility in verifying supplier’s tax payment for ITC eligibility, constitutional validity of section 16(2)(c) was upheld as conditions to avail ITC are to be satisfied conjointly; no constitutional or legal infirmity or basis to read down provision exists based on lex non cogit ad impossibilia principle. GST: Where petitioner availed ITC on GST charged by supplier who did not deposit GST collected and insolvency proceedings under IBC was initiated, IBC did not override statutory ITC condition in Section 16(2)(c), and ITC denial was justified
Madras High Court
Where petitioner filed March 2019 return on 30.10.2019 and was denied ITC due to limitation, retrospective insertion of Section 16(5) by Act 15 of 2024, along with Notification 17/2024-CT and Circular 237/31/2024, extended ITC time limit for FYs 2017-18 to 2020-21 up to 30.11.2021, rendering limitation-based disallowance unsustainable
Calcutta High Court
Where traders faced ITC mismatch demands after ex parte assessment and appeals without proper hearing or compliance with Circular 183/15/2022-GST, including verification of Section 16 conditions, and alleged breach of natural justice, orders were set aside for fresh consideration as opportunity for reconciliation and hearing was not properly afforded
Gauhati High Court
Where petitioner filed GST return for 2018-19 on 23.10.2019 and availed ITC, denial of ITC by tax authority was unsustainable since section 16(5) allowed ITC for returns filed up to 30.11.2021, making benefit of ITC for 2018-19 period available to petitioner, thus, order denying ITC was to be set aside
Kerala High Court
Where petitioner, a registered person, claimed input tax credit for February and March 2020 and furnished returns within statutory cut-off under Section 16(5), denial of ITC solely citing limitation under Section 16(4) was unsustainable and authorities were directed to reconsider and grant ITC if otherwise eligible
Andhra Pradesh High Court
Where registered dealer availed input tax credit for FY 2018-19 through GSTR- 3B on 20.12.2019, and initial rejection was due to deadline of 20.10.2019, subsequent statutory relaxation after introduction of section 16(5) extended window to 30.11.2021, making dealer's availment timely and order for reversal unsustainable
Kerala High Court
Where petitioner was denied ITC due to delayed return filing and disallowance orders were passed before retrospective insertion of section 16(5), since new provision creates a non obstante retrospective relaxation against limitation under section 16(4), statutory right to claim ITC could not be defeated by circular or notification and petitioner was entitled to benefit of extended period if otherwise eligible
Kerala High Court
Where petitioner claimed input tax credit for February and March 2019 and filed returns on 12.11.2019, since returns were submitted within cut-off prescribed by Section 16(5) which has a non-obstante clause overriding Section 16(4), limitation under Section 16(4) was inapplicable and petitioner was eligible for ITC subject to other entitlement
Kerala High Court
Where petitioner claimed input tax credit for January to March 2019 and filed returns on 31.10.2019, denial of credit due to limitation under Section 16(4) was incorrect since entitlement arose under Section 16(5), returns being filed within permissible cut-off date of 31.11.2021, thus orders declining credit were quashed and authority directed to reconsider eligibility under Section 16(5) alone
Kerala High Court
Returns for January to March 2020 filed on 25-12-2020 and 29-12-2020 were within cut-off prescribed under retrospective Section 16(5) of CGST Act; hence, petitioner was entitled to ITC notwithstanding expiry of CBIC circular’s rectification window regarding GST demand orders relating to Section 16(4) time-barred ITC
Tripura High Court
Where assessee reported invoices under incorrect GSTIN in GSTR-1 due to bona fide error, while taxes were duly paid and there was no loss of revenue, statutory provisions permitting rectification of inadvertent errors in GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B were applicable despite portal constraints, authorities were accordingly directed to permit amendment or manual correction to remedy error
Supreme Court
Where purchasing dealers challenged constitutional validity of section 16(2)(c) on ground that ITC could not be denied for supplier's failure to deposit tax, since ITC is a statutory concession and section 41 permits re-availment of reversed ITC upon subsequent payment of tax by supplier, section 16(2)(c) was constitutionally valid and could not be read down
Kerala High Court
Where petitioner filed returns for input tax credit pertaining to specified periods on or before statutory cut-off date of 30.11.2021, disallowance of input tax credit solely on ground of limitation was unsustainable, and entitlement to input tax credit stood preserved subject to other eligibility requirements
Kerala High Court
Where petitioner furnished return for March 2019 on 13.12.2019, within statutory cut-off date of 30.11.2021, entitlement to input tax credit for said period stood preserved and denial based solely on purported delay invoking limitation was unsustainable, requiring reassessment of claim in light of statutory cut-off under Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017
Kerala High Court
Where petitioner, a registered taxpayer, filed returns for April 2018 to March 2019 within the extended cut-off dates prescribed under statutory extension by Section 168A of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, benefit of input tax credit cannot be denied by invoking Section 16(4) limitation, as all returns were within the prescribed extended period
Gauhati High Court
Where bona fide purchaser paid GST to registered seller and held valid tax invoice, denial of input tax credit solely due to seller’s failure to file returns or pay tax was not lawful, remedy lay against defaulting seller and not purchaser, thus treating ITC as excess and raising rectification demand was set aside
Kerala High Court
Where petitioner filed return for March 2020 on 17.11.2020 and challenged denial of input tax credit on ground of limitation, since Section 16(5) allowed entitlement where return was submitted before 30.11.2021, rejection of input tax credit as time-barred under Section 16(4) was unsustainable and reconsideration was warranted if otherwise eligible
Kerala High Court
Where petitioner filed returns for October 2019 to March 2020 before 30.11.2021 and was denied input tax credit solely on ground of breach of Section 16(4), such denial was unsustainable as Section 16(5) permitted entitlement when returns were timely filed, thus petitioner was entitled to input tax credit for those months