Gujarat HC summoned GST officials over detention of tax consultant

Sanjay Mukeshbhai Patel Vs State of Gujarat (Gujarat High Court) The Gujarat HC on Wednesday ordered a Goods and Service Tax (GST) officer to appear in court on Thursday morning and bring a tax consultant who had reportedly been in the department’s custody for the previous five days without being shown before a judicial magistrate. According to petitioner Sanjay Patel, GST official B D Trivedi summoned his brother Hitesh Patel, an Ahmedabad-based tax consultat involved in gumasta licence process, on Friday afternoon. He claimed that the family had not been permitted to contact Hitesh since t...