Penalty not leviable for bonafide expiry of e-way bill

Daya Shanker Singh Vs State of Madhya Pradesh (Madhya Pradesh High Court) Held that the delay of few hours of expiry of the validity of the tenure of e-way bill was bonafide and without establishing fraudulent intent and negligence on the part of petitioner. Penalty set aside. Facts- Petitioner placed order for supply TMT bars to Mittal Steels. Accordingly, Mittal Steels generated E-way bill for movement of goods from Raipur to Dindori on 17.05.2022 on 6.08PM. The vehicle which was carrying TMT bars on 18.05.2022 and was travelling from Raipur to Dindori suffered a problem and clutch-plates of...