- GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) may soon be operational after 7-year wait
- Justice (retd) Sanjaya Kumar Mishra appointed as president of GSTAT
- Need for appointment of judicial and technical members to fully operationalize GSTAT
- GSTAT to have principal bench in Delhi and 31 State Benches
- GSTAT to handle disputes arising from GST law and reduce caseload on high courts
- GSTAT to be successor to CESTAT and State VAT tribunals
- Process of appointing judicial and technical members may take few months
- GSTAT formed after Central Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023 passed in Parliament
Source: a2ztaxcorp.com
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