High court rules Goa University’s affiliation fees are 'GST-free'

Panaji: The high court of Bombay at Goa has held that the affiliation feescollected by the Goa University from its affiliated colleges are exempt from the GST as its activities are not commercial. The division bench, comprising Justices M S Karnik and Nivedita Mehta, quashed and set aside a show cause notice by the joint commissioner of central goods and service tax proposing to demand GST from th…