2020 (6) TMI 442 - SCH - GST

Maintainability of petition - availability of alternate remedy - validity of the action initiated by the revenue authorities when an alternate remedy would have been available to the assessee - HELD THAT - Issue notice, returnable in twelve weeks - Till the next date of listing, there shall be a stay of operation of the impugned judgment and order of the High Court for the State of Telangana dated 4 March 2020 in WP No 2161 of 2020.

Summary

The Supreme Court ordered a stay on the High Court judgment in a case where the petitioner argued that the High Court should not have entertained a Writ Petition under Article 226 when an alternate remedy was available. The Court issued notice returnable in twelve weeks and directed the petitioners to deposit the court fee within eight weeks.