Attaching the bank account under section 83 of GST?

Attaching the bank account

Case Title

Nautilas Metal Crafts P Ltd

Vs

Principal Additional Director General and Ors

Court

Delhi High Court

Honorable Judges

Justice Rajiv Shakdher

Citation

2022 (6) GSTPanacea 278 HC Delhi

WPC 9063 of 2022

Judgement Date

02-June-2022

Council for Petitioner

Anjali Jha

Manish

Council for UOI

 

Council for State

Aditya Singla

Adhishwar Suri

Yatharth Singh

Achin Sodhi

Favour

 Substantiate further

Section

 83 of CGST Act 2017

The Delhi High Court bench of Honourable Judge Justice Rajiv Shakdher has held that  the attachment shall be defrezzed as per the substantiative proceedings of this case order.

FACTS OF THE CASE

In this case, the current account of petitioner was provisionally attached by the principal director general of tax under section 83 of CGST Act,2017.

The petitioner is requesting to de freeze the bank account in the writ

Attaching the bank account

COURT HELD

The council of respondent says that the respondents presently arrayed in the writ petition are not the ones, who are concerned with the said reliefs sought by the petitioner. Given this position, council of petitioner, who appears on behalf of the petitioner, says that she will take steps to array the jurisdictional Commissionerate as a party.

  1. Leave, in that behalf, is granted.
  2. List the matter on 31.08.2022.
  3. The parties including the concerned banks i.e., Axis Bank and ICICI

    Bank, will act based on the digitally signed copy of this order.

Attaching the bank account

ANALYSIS OF THE JUDGEMENT

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