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Whether penalty can be levied if goods are transported with expired / without e-way bill ?
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes
Held - Whatever infringement may have been alleged for reason of eway bill not accompanying the goods, it may have resulted in penalty in terms of Section 129(1)(a) of the U.P. Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act'), only. However, the Adjudicating Authority has erroneously computed the penalty in terms of Section 129(1)(b) of the Act. On that issue, reliance has been placed on
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes
Held - It is not in dispute that the goods in question were moving pursuant to the agreement entered in between the petitioner and National Geo-Spatial Data Centre, Department of Surveyor General of India, Government of India, which tracking devices of the vehicles were to be delivered and to be maintained by the petitioner. It is also not in dispute that the goods were accompanying with genuine tax invoice an.....
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- no
Held - It is not in dispute that at the time of interception of the goods, e-way bill was not produced and the same was produced before passing of the seizure order and the penalty order, but it is admitted that the e-way bill was not generated immediately after the movement of the goods and the same was generated at 1.19 p.m., much after the interception of the goods, which is evident from the MOV 06 and therefore.....
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- no
Held: It is not the case of the petitioner that by mistake or due to some technical glitch, the e-way bill could not be generated. In para no.7 of the writ petition, it has specifically been stated that no e-way bill was generated even after the movement of goods. Only after the seizure and detention of the goods in transit, the requisite documents were produced.
This Court in the case of M/s Aysha Builders and Suppliers (supra) .....
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes
Held: The e-way bill in the instant case was generated on March 28, 2024 and the goods commenced its movement from the State of Manipur to cover a distance of 1095 kms. The e-way bill expired in the midnight of April 3, 2025 and by applying the third proviso under sub-rule (10) of Rule 138, the appellants could have extended the validity of the e-way bill upto 8.00 a.m. on April 4, 2025. However, it was not done so.....
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes
Held: In order to determine as to whether any penalty leviable could have been imposed upon the breach of provision of Rules 138 by the petitioners for not carrying the valid e-way bill along with the zero rated supply of goods, it would be germane to refer the relevant provisions of the GST Act and the Rules
Though the tax is leviable as per the provision of Section 17(1) .....






