NOTIFICATIONS

Notification No. Subject

Notification No. 39/2017-Central Tax, dt. 13.10.2017

Seeks to cross-empower State Tax officers who are authorized to be the proper officers for the purposes of section 54 or section 55 of the said Acts shall act as PO for processing and grant of refund under CGST Act.

CASE LAW

Authority

One liner

2025(03)LCX0317

Karnataka High Court

Fortune Healthcare Services
Orders initiating parallel proceedings for the same period u/s 73 of GST Act impermissible u/s 6(2)(b) of CGST Act were quashed
2025(02)LCX0398

Delhi High Court

Armour Security India Limited
Court upheld the validity of summons issued by Central GST authorities, ruling that a search and investigation are not barred u/s 6(2) (b) of the CGST Act even if State GST proceedings are ongoing
2024(09)LCX0552

Delhi High Court

DLF Home Developers Limited
Two authorities cannot proceed simultaneously in respect of the same issue.
2024(09)LCX0074

Himachal Pradesh High Court

Kundlas Loh Udyog

Initiation of proceedings by DGGI on the same subject matter already being investigated by state authorities would be contrary to provisions of Section 6(2)(b) of the CGST Act.
2024(07)LCX0272

Madras High Court

Fazil Trader @ Farook

Demand order passed solely on the ground that the tax payer did not reply to SCN, is remanded for reconsideration after providing reasonable opportunity of hearing to assessee.
2024(04)LCX0210

Madras High Court

Ram Agencies
In the absence of notification issued for cross-empowerment, authorities from the counterpart Department cannot initiate proceedings where an assessee is assigned to the counterpart
2024(03)LCX0411

Telangana High Court

Dott Services Limited
As per section 6 of CGST Act once the proceedings have already been finalized on the same set of facts and issue, there cannot be subsequent proceedings again drawn.
2024(03)LCX0313

Madras High Court

Tvl Vardhan Infrastructure
In absence of a notification for cross-empowerment, cross interference by the counterparts is without jurisdiction
2024(03)LCX0113

Rajasthan High Court

Rais Khan
Issuance of summons under Section 70 of the CGST Act is not hit by Section 6(2)(b) of the CGST Act
2024(02)LCX0288

Gauhati High Court

Subhash Agarwalla

Section 6[2] of the CGST/SGST Act, states that once a proceeding is initiated either of the above two Acts, another proceeding for the same period under the other Act is not to be initiated.
2022(02)LCX0159

Allahabad High Court

Ajay Verma

Show cause notice and assessment order do not suffer from any inherent lack of jurisdiction after well participating in the assessment proceedings by the assessee

2021(09)LCX0036

Madras High Court

Kuppan Gounder P.G. Natarajan

The bar contained under Section 6(2)(b) of the CGST Act is with regard to any proceedings initiated by a proper officer on a subject matter, on the same subject-matter, the proper officer under the Central Act cannot initiate any action referred.

2021(03)LCX0125

Calcutta High Court

Raj Metal Industries & Anr.
When a proceeding has been initiated by the Central authorities, the State cannot step into the same.