Advance Ruling case laws
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2 rulings
Rakesh Kumar Singh, In re
In favour of the revenue
Rakesh Kumar Singh, a Kolkata trader in dried and cured tobacco leaves, applied to the West Bengal Authority for Advance Ruling (Order No. 09/WBAAR/2026-27, 1 September 2026) for classification and GST rate on unmanufactured tobacco, including whether the supply was exempt agricultural produce. Revenue pointed to prior Section 129 enforcement in June 2025, where intercepted goods were held to be unmanufactured tobacco taxable at 28%, contrary to documents showing 5%, and the applicant had admitted the infringement and paid IGST penalty. The Authority examined Section 98(2) CGST and its first proviso, which bars admitting an advance ruling where the same question is already pending or decided in proceedings against the applicant under the Act. After multiple hearing opportunities, the application was rejected as inadmissible rather than ruled on merits. Outcome favoured revenue in the sense that no favourable ruling was issued; the bar under Section 98(2) applied. This is a procedural precedent on repeat questions after enforcement, not tax advice.
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. v. Karnataka Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling
In favour of the revenue
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. filed Writ Petition No. 192 of 2022 before the Karnataka High Court (7 July 2026) challenging an advance ruling given to another entity on GST classification or rate for metro-related works. Under Sections 101 and 103 CGST, AAR and AAAR rulings bind only the applicant and its jurisdictional officers; Article 226 does not allow third parties to rewrite outcomes. The petitioner lacked locus where its contract with the applicant did not embed specific GST classification or rate terms, so no direct civil consequence arose. The writ was dismissed in favour of revenue’s stand on maintainability. Contracting parties should negotiate explicit tax clauses rather than rely on another’s ruling. This note is published for Chartered Universe GST case-law research and does not constitute legal advice. Readers should consult the full order, confirm the decision date and citation, and assess whether later statutory changes affect reliance before advising clients or filing appeals.