Delhi High Court asks GST Council to urgently review tax on air purifiers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The Court observed that such a step would require directions to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to issue a notification, following which the matter could be placed before the GST Council.
53% : Counsel for the Central government informed the Court that decisions on tax rates were policy matters taken by the GST Council, which includes members from all states, and that convening a meeting required action by the Union finance minister.
52% : The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said that an urgent meeting of the Goods and Services Tax Council should be convened to examine the classification of air purifiers as medical devices and consider reducing the GST levied on them from 18 per cent to 5 per cent, as reported in the matter of Kapil Madan vs Union of India and others.
46% : It argued that levying 18 per cent GST on such devices was arbitrary, unreasonable and disproportionate, and that continued imposition of the higher tax rate despite their medically recognised role amounted to an unjustified fiscal classification lacking a rational nexus with public health objectives.
43% : The petition was filed through advocates Gurmukh Singh Arora and Rahul Matharu, while advocate Akash Panwar appeared for the Central Board of Indirect Taxes.

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