The Delhi High Court deferred the hearing on the constitutional validity of the National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA) under the goods and services tax (GST).
The court decided to hear all the questions raised.
The companies that dragged the indirect-tax department to court over anti-profiteering provisions under GST included Hindustan Unilever, Jubilant Foodworks, Abbott, Nestle, Whirlpool, IFB, Johnson & Johnson (J&J), etc.
The Court has deferred the hearing on the grounds that there was no consensus on the number of questions which needed to be heard. There were around 48 questions raised against NAA anf .
The counsel for the petitioner stated that while it is a good thing that the court has agreed to hear all the issues comprehensively, frankly the list could have been truncated as far as the decision is required to be taken on the constitutional aspect of the provisions.
The petitioners have raised multiple issues related to the anti-profiteering. In an earlier hearing, the High Court had asked the lawyers of the petitioners to arrive at a consensus on the issues to be heard by the court. However, the petitioners could not arrive at a consensus and their lawyers submitted that there are around 48 issues that need resolution by the court.
