Kerala High Court to hear IMA’s tax case on July 6

Thiruvananthapuram: The dispute between the state chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) over tax dues will be taken up in the High Court on Thursday. In an affidavit submitted in the court on Tuesday, the DGGI alleged that IMA has not paid taxes of more than Rs 50 crore in the last six years.

The DGGI questioned IMA’s claim for exemption citing membership fee collection and apartment projects run by IMA as reasons for their probe. The IMA has challenged this claim and filed a writ petition in the High Court to restrain the Central GST from confiscating their properties.

“IMA is paying regular tax for revenue-generating services. IMA State Secretary Dr. Joseph said, “When we came to know that the rooms given on rent under the IMA headquarter are taxed, we took GST registration. Read more HC stays government’s order to set up grievance redressal cells in colleges The Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed for a month the state government’s order directing principals of all colleges to set up students’ grievance redressal cells in their institutions. The court issued the order on a plea by the Council of Principals of Colleges in Kerala seeking quashing of the order. The government order directed college principals to constitute a 10-member cell and mandated the constitution of a University Appellate Forum/Tribunal to act as an appellate authority on the orders of the Grievance Redressal Cell.