New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that matters relating to the rate, classification, and reduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on air purifiers fall exclusively within the domain of the GST Council, cautioning that any judicial direction in this regard would not only be constitutionally impermissible but would also violate the framework of cooperative federalism.In a detailed counter-affidavit filed in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking redu…
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New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the “continued state-sponsored honours, official patronage, and symbolic recognition” extended to Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti and the Ajmer Dargah. Observing that the reliefs sought were not justiciable, a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said that such issues could not be decided under Article 32 of the Constitution.Advising the petitio…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The Centre on Friday told the Delhi High Court that any meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council to decide on lowering or abolishing GST on air purifiers can only be held physically and not through video conferencing. A Vacation Bench of Justices Vikas Mahajan and Vinod Kumar granted the Centre 10 days to file its counter-affidavit after Additional Solicitor General (ASG) N. Venkataraman, appearing for the Union government, sought time to submit a detailed res…