The most- powerful GST Council, on its 28th meeting held at New Delhi today, has approved the exemption to sanitary napkins from the current Goods and Services Tax ( GST ) regime, said Delhi Finance Minister Manish Sisodia to the media after the meeting.
After the rollout of GST from 1st July last year, several petitions were filed before various High Courts seeking tax exemption to sanitary napkins.
In last January, the Supreme Court had stayed all the petitions relating to exempting sanitary napkins from the current 12 per cent levy of tax from the ambit of Goods and Services Tax which are pending before the Delhi and Bombay High Courts.
The Apex Court was about to examine whether this is a fit case and see if all the matters pertaining to it should be heard by the Court itself.
