GST: Unauthorised search and seizure by BIEO, HC grants interim relief

M/s. Kumar Traders And Company & Anr. Vs. State Of Assam (Gauhati High Court) This case was adjourned on 9.8.2017, to enable the learned Govt. Advocate to receive instruction on the circumstances under, which the team from the Bureau of Investigation for Economic Offences (BIEO) had raided the Amingaon godown of the petitioners, where areca nuts are stored. The facts leading to the search and seizure were noted by the Court as under:- “The interest of the petitioners in all 3 cases are common and similar arguments are advanced by the learned counsel Ms. M.L. Gope. The petitioners are re...