Hyderabad, Oct. 1 -- Hundreds of businesses that tried to wipe out their Goods and Services Tax (GST) demands on the ground that the notices carried no digital signature have lost in the Telangana High Court.

A three-judge full bench dismissed more than 500 petitions on Wednesday, September 30, ruling that GST notices and assessment orders cannot be quashed merely because their summary pages show no signature. The cases together involve around Rs 1,500 crore in State GST liability, according to The Times of India.

The bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, Justice N Tukaramji and Justice GM Mohiuddin gave the petitioners two weeks to either pay the dues or challenge the judgment in appeal. The ruling overturns earlier division benc...