GST: Power of arrest to be exercised with lot of care and circumspection

Vimal Yashwantgiri Goswami Vs State of Gujarat (Gujarat High Court) Gujarat High Court has reiterated that the power to arrest under Section 69 of the Central GST Act is to be exercised with lot of care and circumspection and that prosecution should normally be launched only after completion of adjudication. The Court directed that no coercive steps of arrest against the writ petitioner should be taken. FULL TEXT OF THE HIGH COURT ORDER /JUDGEMENT 1. One of the main reliefs prayed for by the writ applicant in the present writ application reads as follows : “16(A) To issue a Writ of Mandamus ...