Goods and Services Tax-Dispute Settelement Authority - Article 279B

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GOODS AND SERVICES TAX- DISPUTE

SETTELEMENT AUTHORITY-
ARTICLE 279B
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
• Is a process of resolving disputes between parties. Generally all
countries have dispute settlement mechanism in their laws to
settle disputes between parties.
• CBEC is acting in advisory mode, advising on various matters of
disputes, when needed.
• The advisory notifications of CBEC related to any issue will bind
the department but does not bind the other party and the
highest appellate authorities.
• Now all countries, which have adopted GST, have dispute
settlement mechanism in their respective GST Laws.
• Article 279B has been inserted in the Constitution of India,
which provides for establishment of a Goods and Services Tax
Dispute Settlement Authority by parliament to adjudicate any
dispute or complaint referred to it, by a State Government or the
Central Government arising out of deviation from any of the
recommendations of the Goods and Services Tax Council
constituted under Article 279A of the Constitution of India
• It empowers the GST Council to decide the modalities resolving
disputes arising out of its recommendations of the GST Council
which results in the loss of revenue to the State Government or
the Union Government or affects the harmonised structure of
the GST.
• It is proposed to have a GST-DSA i.e. GST –Dispute Settlement
Authority, which are proposed to be amenable only to the
Jurisdiction of Supreme Court of India.
• (only Supreme Court shall exercise jurisdiction over such
adjudication or dispute mechanism)
• This proposed article states that Goods and Services tax
Dispute Settlement Authority shall be formulated in order to
resolve disputes/complaints referred by any state government
or government of India.
• There are various clauses to this article which provides
structure of such Authority, eligibility of the members of the
Authority, functions of such Authority etc. 
• Such Authority is authorized to issue various orders including
interim orders.
• Such Authority shall have certain other powers as conferred by
constitution.
MEMBERS OF THE GST-DSA: The authority is supposed to consist of
three members:
• The chairperson:
As per the eligibility criteria for a Chairperson a person who has
been Judge of the Supreme Court or Chief Justice of a High Court,
will be appointed by the President on the recommendation of the
Chief Justice of India.
• Members:
Two other Members appointed by the President on the
recommendation of the Goods and Services Tax Council. They are
supposed to be persons of proven capacity and expertise in the
field of law, economics or public affairs.
• The Chairperson of the Goods and Services Tax Dispute
Settlement authority shall be a person who has been a
Judge of the Supreme Court or Chief Justice of a High
Court to be appointed by the President on the
recommendation of The Chief Justice of India.
•  The two other members of the Goods and Services Tax
Dispute Settlement Authority shall be persons of proven
capacity and expertise in the field of law, economics or
public affairs to be appointed by the President on the
recommendation of the Goods and Services Tax Council.

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