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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI
Manmohan, Sudhir Kumar Jain, JJ.
Anuj Goel - Appellant
Versus
Commissioner CGST Delhi East Commissionerate - Respondent
W.P.(C) 3696 of 2022 & C.M. No. 10967 of 2022 and W.P.(C) 3697 of 2022 & C.M. No. 10970 of 2022
Decided On : 08-03-2022
| Table of Content |
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| 1. request for release of bank accounts (Para 1) |
| 2. no fresh attachment notices issued (Para 2 , 3) |
| 3. provisional attachment order is ineffective (Para 4) |
| 4. court orders defreezing of accounts (Para 5) |
JUDGMENT
Manmohan, J. (Oral)--Present writ petitions have been filed seeking directions to the Respondents to release/de-freeze the bank accounts of the Petitioners that had been provisionally attached by the Respondents vide orders dated 10th September, 2020 and 11th September, 2020.
2. On the last date of hearing, learned counsel for the Respondents had sought time to obtain instructions.
3. Today Mr.Harpreet Singh, learned standing counsel for the Respondent states that no fresh DRC-22 notices have been issued against the Petitioners. He also clarifies that the State GST has issued notices under Section 74 of the Delhi GST Act to the Petitioners.
4. Admittedly, after issuance of the impugned orders/letters, no fresh attachment order has been issued to the Petitioners. According to Section 83(2) of the CGST Act, every provisional attachment order ceases to have effect after the expiry of one year from the date the order was passed under Section 83(1) of the CGST Act. Consequently, the impugned provisional attachment order/letter is no longer effective.
5. Accordingly, this Court directs the Respondents to defreeze the bank accounts of the Petitioners not later than three days from today. With the aforesaid directions, the present writ petitions along with pending applications stand disposed of.
Provisional attachment orders under Section 83(2) of the CGST Act cease to be effective after one year, necessitating the release of affected bank accounts.
Provisional attachment of bank accounts under Section 83(2) of the CGST Act ceases after one year unless a fresh order is issued.
Provisional attachment orders under Section 83 of the CGST Act cease after one year unless proceedings are pending; failure to comply undermines enforcement actions.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the provisional attachment order of a bank account ceases to have effect after one year from the date of issuance under Section 83 of the CGST....
Provisional attachments under GST cease after one year if no show cause notice is issued, affirming the need for timely communication in tax proceedings.
Section 83(2) of the CGST Act provides for the cessation of provisional attachment after one year from the date the order was made under Section 83(1).
Provisional attachment under Section 83 of the CGST Act ceases after one year unless renewed, rendering ineffective any unrenewed attachment orders.
Section 83(2) of the CGST Act, which governs the ceasing of effect of provisional attachment orders after one year, was the central legal principle established in the judgment.
The court ruled that accounts may be provisionally frozen for penalties but excess funds must be accessible to petitioners pending final determination.
The inoperativeness of the last provisional order under Section 83(2) of the CGST Act rendered the petition academic, and the court directed the concerned bank not to interdict the operation of the p....
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