GST row: Karnataka HC asks govt to consider refund of Rs 27 cr to Swiggy

Firm had said the money was collected from it by coercion during a probe by Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax (intelligence) on alleged wrongful availment of input tax credit

The Karnataka High Court has asked the revenue department to consider refund of Rs 27.51 crore to Bundl Technologies, which operates food delivery platform Swiggy.

The company had alleged that this money was collected from it by coercion during investigation by the Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax (intelligence) relating to alleged wrongful availment of input tax credit.

The court ruled that “right of refund …would be independent of the process of investigation and two cannot be linked together…”.  It asked the department to pass a suitable order on refunds within a period of four weeks.

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