Gujarat HC issues notice to Centre as Flair Writing challenges DGGI's jurisdiction over transactions in Maharashtra & Uttarakhand.

The company has filed in its plea that the Surat unit of the Directorate General of GST Intelligence cannot issue a show cause notice for transactions done in Maharashtra and Uttarakhand.

A quorum of Justice Vipul M. Pancholi and Justice Deven M. Desai issued notices to address the issue of an SCN issued by DGGI Surat to tax transactions in Maharashtra and Uttarakhand on the grounds that it is not permissible in the eyes of the law.

The judgment comes in favour of Flair, and will be a setback for the apex intelligence and investigative agency of the Goods & Services Tax- (GST) as in many cases the DGGI has issued notices.

The territorial jurisdiction is very well defined under the governing GST laws and any jurisdictional overreach is subject to judicial review.