The Supreme Court has in its Judgement dated 14 August 2025 upheld the Delhi High Court decision which had declined to interdict the summons issued by the Central GST authorities pursuant to a search, in a case where the assessee had relied upon Section 6(2)(b) of the CGST Act, 2017 to submit that since the State GST authorities were in seisin of the proceedings, it would be impermissible for the Central authorities to commence any proceedings. While holding so, the Apex Court observed that,

The Madras High Court has held that Notifications Nos. 9 and 56/2023-Central Tax, issued for the purpose of increasing the time limits for issuance of SCN and adjudication under Section 73 of the CGST Act, 2017 are illegal and are vitiated for the following reasons.

The International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA) had constituted an Expert Committee on Positioning GIFT IFSC as a Global Commodity Trading Hub (‘Committee’) in May 2024 to enable commodity trading in the International Financial Services Centre, GIFT City, Gandhinagar (‘IFSC’) with an aim to integrate IFSC ecosystem with global trade flow and capitalise on the integration opportunities with the global commodity hubs.