No Automatic Release of Goods After Confiscation Order Under GST Law: Karnataka HC

Advertisement Sreekrishna Traders Vs State of Karnataka (Karnataka High Court) The Karnataka High Court dismissed two writ appeals challenging interim orders passed by a Single Judge regarding release of goods and vehicles confiscated under the CGST/KGST Act. The appeals arose from proceedings where the petitioners sought release of arecanut consignments and vehicles intercepted by authorities and challenged confiscation orders issued in Form GST MOV-11 along with GST DRC-07 summary orders. The Single Judge had earlier directed provisional release of the goods and vehicles subject to the pe...