The Supreme Court orally directed the GST Department not to take any coercive action against an advocate, including on a summons issued to him, until Monday, while adjourning his challenge to a Delhi High Court judgment that had upheld a GST search and seizure at his law office. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has protected […]
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an advocate’s challenge to a Delhi High Court judgment that upheld the GST department’s search of his law office and seizure of his computers. The High Court held that advocate-client privilege is not an absolute bar to investigating a lawyer’s own conduct where prima facie material shows he may have acted beyond the role of a legal adviser. The petitioner contends the seizure of his devices breaches the privilege of his other clients.
The Delhi High Court has directed authorities across the country not to allow any GST registration without biometric Aadhaar authentication, acting to curb rampant fraudulent registrations obtained using the stolen PAN and Aadhaar details of innocent citizens. New Delhi: In a significant order aimed at checking large-scale identity-based tax fraud, the Delhi High Court has […]
