Karnataka High Court Orders GST Refund of Rs. 27 Crores Illegally Collected from Swiggy

The  Karnataka High Court  has ordered the Goods and Service Tax (GST) department to refund Rs. 27 crore, which was illegally collected from Swiggy. The division bench of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice M. G. S. Kamal, while dismissing the appeal of the Central Government, observed, "Article 265 of the Constitution mandates that the collection of tax has to be by the authority of law." T…