SC to Examine Jurisdiction of Police vs GST Authorities to Detain Goods in Transit

Abhishek Kumar Kashyap Etc. Vs State of West Bangal & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) Supreme Court requests senior counsel to assist Court in the issue regarding jurisdiction of police authorities vis-à-vis the tax authorities to detain any goods in transit. Facts- The present petitions were filed challenging the impugned order dated 28thApril, 2025 passed by the High Court at Calcutta. The issue pertains to release of the goods which were seized by the police after registration of First Information Report. On 16th July, 2025 apparently seeing that it was a case of evasion of tax, we had d...