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The Supreme Court has granted regular bail to Future Maker Life Care promoters Radhey Shyam and Bansi Lal in a GST liability case involving alleged dues of over ₹54 crore, observing that no useful purpose would be served by keeping them in further custody.
The Additional Sessions Court, Jamnagar in the case of Alkesh Harilal Pendhadiya held that a Chartered Accountant cannot be denied bail in connection with GST evasion committed by the firms, for which he maintains or audits accounts.
The Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Kundan Singh deprecated the practice of voluntary monetary offers during bail hearings and remanded the matter for fresh consideration on merits by the High Court.
The Hon’ble Delhi High Court in Directorate General of GST Intelligence held that cancellation of bail is not justified in absence of supervening circumstances, especially when no complaint is filed and the accused has deposited more than 10% of the disputed ITC liability & fulfilled all the pre-conditions for grant of bail.
The Hon’ble Allahabad High Court in Gaurav & Anr. allowed regular bail applications of accused persons in GST fake invoice cases during trial stage.
In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that the provision of anticipatory bail is applicable to the Goods and Services Act and customs law and persons can move courts for pre-arrest bail even if an FIR is not in place.
A court in Ahmedabad has denied bail to journalist Mahesh Langa in a GST fraud case, observing that the offence alleged against him is serious and the offence being an economic one, affects the economy of the nation.
The Hon’ble Allahabad High Court in M/s. Pradip Kumar Jain allowed bail to the Assessee, considering nature of offense, punishment, lack of evidence regarding creation of fake firms, and period of jail stay, the Assessee made out case for bail. The bail was granted subject to conditions including non-tampering with evidence and appearing before trial court.
A local court denied pre-arrest bail to a businessman accused of a Rs. 13 crore GST fraud by claiming input tax credit (ITC), saying the fraud could not have been done without the connivance of govt. officials. The fraud came to light during an inspection in 2021. The court has now directed police to initiate a probe against tax officials.
The Hon’ble Punjab and Haryana High Court in the case of Pankaj Kumar v. State of Punjab [CRM-M-43188-2023dated January 16,…