Justice regarding disputes under the Goods and Services Tax will now not only be fair and fast, but also transparent and accessible to all, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while launching the GST Appellate Tribunal on Wednesday (September 24, 2025).

The GSTAT is the appellate authority established under GST law to hear various GST-related appeals against orders by the first appellate tribunal. While benches of the GSTAT had been notified in 2019, legal hurdles meant the President of the body could be appointed only in 2024.

The GST Council, during its 56th meeting on September 3, 2025, had decided that the GSTAT would be made operational for accepting appeals before the end of September and would begin its hearings before the end of December this year.

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