Jharkhand High Court Rules DGGI Not Superior to State GST Officials

• The Jharkhand High Court has ruled that the DGGI does not have any special power compared to state GST officials.
• The court criticized the DGGI for using bank account attachment as a method of coercion.
• The court directed the DGGI and central GST officials to hand over the investigation proceedings to state GST officers and defreeze the bank account of the petitioner.
• The court stated that the DGGI does not have any special power or privilege compared to state GST authorities.
• This ruling may have implications for cases where taxpayers are being investigated by both state and central GST authorities and the DGGI.
• The petitioner sought a declaration that the authority initiating the proceedings would be the only authority to carry out the proceedings.

Source: msn.com

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