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SC upholds constitutional validity of arrest provisions under Customs and GST laws, stresses safeguards for taxpayersThe Supreme Court has upheld the arrest provisions under the Customs laws and the CGST Act while ensuring that criminal law rights are appl...
Big relief for GST taxpayers: Protection against arbitrary arrest and coercion by GST officers; CBIC changes arrest and bail guidelines under GSTGST Arrest: Now a GST registered person can't be arbitrarily arrested and also coerced into admitting GST tax demand liability. This is bec...
GST officers must explain 'grounds of arrest' to offenders, obtain acknowledgement: CBICGST officers must now explain the specific "grounds of arrest" to offenders and obtain their written acknowledgment, as per new CBIC guidel...
With GST being linked to ED, traders paying tax could also be arrested: Delhi CM Kejriwal"A large proportion of traders do not pay GST -- some out of compulsion, some intentionally. A few days ago, the Centre also brought the GS...
Delhi HC refuses to stay investigation against Ashneer Grover, wife in EOW FIRThe judge issued notice on the petition by Grover and his wife seeking to quash the FIR registered by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of t...
GST Fraud: Absconding businessman arrested"During the investigation proceedings, Shafik Ahmed Mumtaz Khan absconded and did not respond to the summonses issued by the department. Ho...
Suumaya Corporation drags GST authorities to court over their power to arrestThe company has challenged the constitutional validity of the tax department’s right to make arrests in cases where GST is exempt, as in th...
View: Arrests for alleged tax evasion isn't a joke, time taxman gets a new textbookGiven the fact that arrest under tax laws has become a fairly regular affair, it is necessary that GoI comes out with detailed guidelines o...
Taxman’s right to arrest: Several promoters knock doors of various high courtsThe indirect tax department had carried out nationwide searches and investigations suspecting several companies for availing fake input tax...
Supreme Court extends bail in light of Covid-19 lockdownA high-powered committee headed by a Delhi High Court judge and comprising director general (prisons) had decided to relax the criteria to ...
GST: Promoters move high court over taxman’s power to arrest, attach accountsThe tax department had arrested several promoters on the basis of suspicion that they gamed GST rules.
SC agrees to examine power of tax authorities to arrest individual for GST evasionA vacation bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Aniruddha Bose issued notice to the Centre and sought its reply on a bat...
Circular trading & GST evasion charges: Taxman may have to review arrest strategyTaxman may have to rethink ploy after HC granted bail to promoters arrested for circular trading & GST evasion.
GST: Tax evasion over Rs 5 crore a non-bailable offenceIn a 223-page FAQ on Goods and Services Tax, the CBEC said other offences under the act are non-cognizable and bailable.
Five Indians charged on GST fraud claims in SingaporeA joint press release by Iras and Singapore Customs stated that tourists can claim GST refunds on goods they have bought and taken out of S...
Five Indians charged on GST fraud claims in SingaporeEach of them faced more than 200 counts of abatement by conspiracy to make false statements in claims made under the GST Act to obtain refu...
Bid to end the fear of jail time under GST regimeOffences dealing with non-payment of tax or forgery of up to Rs 2 crore would be made bailable.