DGGI Can’t Be Stopped From Taking Intelligence-Based Enforcement Action When Investigation By Other Authority Is Going On: Delhi High Court
Live LawThe Delhi High Court has held that the Directorate General of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence cannot be stopped from taking intelligence-based enforcement action when investigations by other authorities are going on.The bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Amit Mahajan has observed that if any of the authorities have found it necessary to investigate the petitioner based on. The Delhi High Court has held that the Directorate General of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence cannot be stopped from taking intelligence-based enforcement action when investigations by other authorities are going on. The bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Amit Mahajan has observed that if any of the authorities have found it necessary to investigate the petitioner based on certain information, the investigation cannot be stopped or interdicted on account of an investigation conducted with respect to any other entity. The court noted that on behalf of the Delhi State Authority and DGGI, Chennai, it is apparent that although certain measures were taken that affected the petitioner, inasmuch as its ITC was blocked and the bank accounts were provisionally attached, no investigation was conducted by any authority regarding the affairs of the petitioner company.