New Delhi, July 22 -- : A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed by lawyer and activist, Amit Sahni, before the Supreme Court seeking appropriate orders and directions to the Centre, including that of constituting Goods and Services Tax (GST) Tribunal.
The PIL said that in 2016, the GST Bill was passed in both the houses of the Parliament and from July 1, the Central Goods and Services Act, 2017, came into force.
"Section 109 of the Act mandates the constitution of a GST Appellate Tribunal which is not constituted even after 4 years of the Act being into existence," Sahni said in his PIL, a copy of which has been accessed by ANI.
"The constitution of National and other Benches of Appellate Tribunal under section 109 of the CGST ...