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DGGI Bengaluru Unit uncovers six shell companies with fraudulent invoices worth Rs. 266 crore involving Rs. 48 crore fraudulently claimed Input Tax Credit; mastermind arrested

The officers of Directorate General of GST Intelligence, Bengaluru Zonal Unit, carried out searches in over six premises in Delhi, and uncovered fraudulent invoices worth over Rs 266 crore, involving availment and passing on of fraudulent Input Tax Credit (ITC) of Rs 48 crore from the shell companies.

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Where respondent-assessee was granted bail and no complaint had been filed against him even after 5 years have elapsed since the investigation began, the bail cannot be cancelled

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.