The law in relation to searches under Section 132 of the Act has been explained in a large number of decisions of the Supreme Court and the High Courts. The jurisdictional facts that have to be established before a search under Section 132 (1) of the Act can be authorized are that (i) the authority issuing the authorization is in possession of some credible information, other than surmises and conjectures (ii) that the authority has reason to believe that the conditions stipulated in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of Section 132 (1) qua the person searched exist; and (iii) the said information has nexus to such belief.
They have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment. Facts may be noted from Special Civil Application No. 2548 of 2016.
Under the current Service Tax Law tax on Reverse Charge basis is leviable under various services but the concept of Reverse Charge on goods is totally a new concept under the GST regime. Sections 9(3) & 9(4) of the GST Act, 2017 deals with the provisions of Reverse Charge.
