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GST SCN to Non-Existent Company

Case Details: Kanakia Spaces Realty (P.) Ltd. vs. Union of India [2026] 187 taxmann.com 1055 (Bombay)

Judiciary and Counsel Details

  • Suman Shyam & Advait M. Sethna, JJ.
  • Prakash Shah, Sr. Adv. & Mohit Raval for the Petitioner.
  • S. Chandrashekhar, Abhishek Mishra & Amar Mishra, AGP for the Respondent.

Facts of the Case

The petitioner challenged the validity of proceedings initiated under Section 74 of the CGST Act and the Maharashtra GST Act against a transferor company that had already ceased to exist pursuant to a court-sanctioned amalgamation. The transferor company had filed its service tax returns prior to GST, and the amalgamation along with the request for transfer of credit had been duly intimated to the authorities. Upon implementation of GST, a GSTIN was generated in the name of the transferor company, following which a notice for non-filing of returns was issued. The petitioner informed the jurisdictional officer that the transferor company had ceased to exist and its GST registration had been cancelled. Despite this, a show-cause notice was issued. The petitioner contended that the proceedings were without jurisdiction. The matter was accordingly placed before the High Court.

High Court Held

The High Court held that the issuance of a show-cause notice under Section 74 of the CGST Act and the Maharashtra GST Act against a company that had already ceased to exist on account of amalgamation was without jurisdiction and void ab initio. The Court held that proceedings initiated against a non-existent entity could not be sustained. It further held that Section 87 of the CGST Act only governed the legal consequences during the intervening period relating to amalgamation and did not confer authority upon the jurisdictional officer to issue proceedings against an entity that had already been dissolved. Accordingly, the impugned Order-in-Original was set aside, as the entire proceedings were vitiated.

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