8 day stay of GST Search Authorities at premises of petitioner is illegal

Paresh Nathalal Chauhan Vs State of Gujarat (Gujarat High Court) The issue under consideration is whether the act of residing in the premises of the petitioner for 8 days in case of search is permissible under Act? In the facts of the present case, the family members of the petitioner have been deprived of their personal liberty not only by being confined in the residential premises and being permitted to leave only with the consent of the authorised officer, and that too, at times with an escort; but also by an intrusion on their right to privacy by several strangers residing in their residen...