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Litigation Tracker — Quick Guide (10 minutes)

The Litigation Tracker is your matter file. One matter = one dispute, followed from the first notice to the Tribunal and beyond. Everything else — statutory clocks, AI drafting, the GSTAT paper book — hangs off the stages you record.

Where: Litigation Tracker in the menu (/matters). GST matters and Income-tax matters live side by side.

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1. Create the matter (1 minute)

+ New Matter → pick GST (or Income Tax and a track) → title, client, GSTIN, disputed amount, notes → Create.

You can start at any stage. A matter that begins at the Order-in-Appeal is fine; earlier stages can be back-filled later.

Fill Edit Matter → party details (client address, constitution, respondent Commissioner) early — the GSTAT paper book and the ancillary documents print them.

2. Record each stage as it happens (2 minutes each)

+ Add Stage → stage type → date → order/reference number → authority → amounts → Instrument (the form the department used: ASMT-10, DRC-01, DRC-07, APL-04, MOV-09, REG-17 …) → Save.

The date and the instrument are what matter. From them the tracker derives every clock for that stage — reply-by, appeal window, condonation limit, pre-deposit, s.78 recovery date, the department's review window, rectification, limitation for the notice, reduced-penalty windows.

Upload the document on the stage card (Upload Document). AI extracts the text and writes a summary; AI Summarize re-runs it.

3. Watch the Deadline Tracker

On every matter: the Deadline Tracker card lists every open clock with the statutory basis. /matters shows the next 30 days across all matters. Red = overdue.

• Hard clocks (appeal windows, pre-deposit, reply-by) are e-mailed at 7 / 3 / 1 days.
• Watch items (department's window, rectification, recovery date) are shown, not mailed.
• Calendar (.ics) exports the ledger into Outlook / Google with alarms on the hard clocks.
• Mark a row Done or Waived; Recompute re-derives after you edit a stage; + Add deadline for anything manual (hearing, internal target).

4. Generate the document for the stage

Each stage card offers the drafts that fit it: SCN Reply on a notice, Grounds of Appeal on an order, Written Submissions / Stay / Rectification / Restoration at the Tribunal. Click one → the Litigation Workspace opens with the whole matter (every stage, document and prior argument) already in the prompt.

Search First lets you see and prune the case pool; Generate writes the draft; refinement chips (Aggressive, Limitation, Natural Justice …) revise it; Save to matter stores it on the stage; Finalize locks it.

A Grounds of Appeal generated from the matter also records the judgments it cites — the paper book uses that list for the compilation of judgments.

5. Coming from a notice on /gst-rag?

On the GST Research page, link the matter in the Matter selector (top of the page). Then:

• The matter's dispute history is injected into every generation.
• Any Notice card → paste the notice → the detector names the instrument and shows the reply-by date, limitation and penalty panel → Record in matter timeline creates the stage on the matter with its clocks, in one click.
• Orders (DRC-07, APL-04) are redirected to the Appeal workflow automatically.

6. Build the GSTAT paper book (GST matters)

Matter page → GSTAT Paper Book (AI Document Tools card) → the annexure list is pre-filled in the Registry's order from what the matter holds → set bench and representative → add Ancillary documents (synopsis & list of dates, vakalatnama, FORM-04, affidavit) → Check (registry-scrutiny report) → Build.

You get one PDF (or ≤20 MB parts): FORM-02-style index, continuous page numbers, "Marked as Annexure-N" and true-copy stamps, bookmarks. No AI, no tokens. Download it from the Build card or from the document chip on the matter.

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The five habits that make the tracker pay off

1. Date every stage — no date, no clocks.
2. Pick the instrument on notices — reply periods differ (7 working days for REG-17, 30 days for DRC-01, 15 days for ASMT-10 …).
3. Upload the department's document, not your summary of it — the AI reads the actual text.
4. Generate from the matter, not from a blank page — prior submissions are never contradicted and citations are captured.
5. Finalize what was filed — the paper book flags drafts that are still open.

Full reference: Litigation Tracker — Detailed Guide (the Full Guide tab).