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J&K-PoK barter is intra-state trade, rules HC
The New Indian Express Kannur
|November 30, 2025
IN a significant judgment, the J&K and Ladakh High Court ruled that trade between J&K and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) qualifies as intrastate trade, as PoK is part of J&K and trade is bound by the GST Act.
Cross-LoC trade between J&K and PoK was started in 2008 as a confidence building measure by India and Pakistan. However, after the February 14, 2019 Pulwama suicide attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed and many others injured, India suspended the c
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