Maersk India employees aren’t liable to payRs.3,731 crore GST penalty: Bombay HC
The four employees had approached the high court, challenging notices issued to them by the Joint Director of GST Intelligence in September 2023
The Bombay high court last week struck down a notice issued by the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Intelligence, which sought to impose a tax liability and penalty of Rs. 3,731 crore on four employees of the Indian arm of Denmark-based shipping giant Maersk Line, despite the tax purportedly being payable by their employer.
The four employees had approached the high court, challenging notices issued to them by the Joint Director of GST Intelligence in September 2023.
The notices called upon them to show cause as to why a penalty of Rs. 3,731 crore - equivalent to the tax allegedly evaded by Maersk - should not be imposed on them.
