New Delhi, Dec. 26 -- The Centre informed the Delhi High Court on Friday that the meeting of the GST Council to decide the issue of lowering or abolition of GST on air-purifiers can only be conducted physically and not virtually, and sought to time to respond to a PIL to declare air-purifiers as "medical devices".
The petition was moved by lawyer Kapil Madan seeking removal of 18% GST on air purifiers, statting that air purifiers cannot be treated as a luxury but rather are a necessity to face extreme air pollution.
After hearing the parties, Justice Vikas Mahajan and Justice Vinod Kumar, from the vacation bench in their order said, "Mr. ASG appearing for UOI submits that the meeting of the GST council, if it has to take place at all, it ...