Section 117
Section 117 of the Arunachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. Any person aggrieved by any order Appeal to passed by the State Bench or High Court.
(1) Any person aggrieved by any order Appeal to passed by the State Bench or High Court. Area Benches of the Appellate Tribunal may file an appeal to the High Court and the High Court may admit such appeal, if it is satisfied that the case involves a substantial question of law.
(2) An appeal under sub-section (1) shall be filed within a period of one hundred and eighty days from the date on which the order appealed against is received by the aggrieved person and it shall be in such form, verified in such manner as may be prescribed:
Provided that the High Court may entertain an appeal after the expiry of the said period if it is satisfied that there was sufficient cause for not filing it within such period.
(3) Where the High Court is satisfied that a substantial question of law is involved in any case, it shall formulate that question and the appeal shall be heard only on the question so formulated, and the respondents shall, at the hearing of the appeal, be allowed to argue that the case does not involve such question:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall be deemed to take away or abridge the power of the court to hear, for reasons to be recorded, the appeal on any other substantial question of law not formulated by it, if it is satisfied that the case involves such question.
(4) The High Court shall decide the question of law so formulated and deliver such judgment thereon containing the grounds on which such decision is founded and may award such cost as it deems fit.
(5) The High Court may determine any issue which- (a) has not been determined by the State Bench or Area Benches; or d'e (b) has been wrongly determined by the State Bench or Area Benches, by reason of a decision on such question of law as herein referred to in subsection (3).
(6) Where an appeal has been filed before the High Court, it shall be heard by a Bench of not less than two Judges of the High Court, and shall be decided in accordance with the opinion of such Judges or of the majority, if any, of such Judges.
(7) Where there is no such majority, the Judges shall state the point of law upon which they differ and the case shall, then, be heard upon that point only, by one or more of the other Judges of the High Court and such point shall be decided according to the opinion of the majority of the Judges who have heard the case including those who first heard it.
(8) Where the High Court delivers a judgment in an appeal filed before it under this section, effect shall be given to such judgment by either side on the basis of a certified copy of the judgment. 5 of 1908 (9) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, relating to appeals to the High Court shall, as far as may be, apply in the case of appeals under this section.
Section 117, The Arunachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act 7 of 2017).
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Related judgements & precedents
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Assistant Commissioner, CGST Aizawl v. National Building Construction Corporation Ltd.
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
DATE VERIFIED Judgment & Order 16.10.2024 (order-10.pdf): DB held s.117 HC appeal lies only against an order of the GST Appellate Tribunal under s.113 (Tribunal under ss.2(9)/109); a CESTAT service-tax order on taxability is not maintainable under s.117 — remedy for rate/taxability questions is SC under Central Excise Act s.35L.
On this section: Decided on section 117 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, which The Arunachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 enacts in the same words.
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Questions about Section 117
What have the courts held on Section 117 of the Arunachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act?
Assistant Commissioner, CGST Aizawl v. National Building Construction Corporation Ltd. (16 Oct 2024) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: Decided on section 117 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, which The Arunachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 enacts in the same words.
How do I find court cases under Section 117 of the Arunachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Arunachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act 117, section 117 Arunachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act, section 117 of the Arunachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with Assistant Commissioner, CGST Aizawl v. National Building Construction Corporation Ltd. (16 Oct 2024).
What should I read with Section 117 of the Arunachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act, and has it changed?
6 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it.
When was the Arunachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act enacted?
Arunachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act was enacted in 2017 as Act 7 of 2017. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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