HC: GST-Department cannot resort to ‘physical violence or torture’ against persons suspected of tax- evasion

Telangana HC observes that officials belonging to GST Intelligence Department cannot resort to physical violence while conducting interrogation of Petitioners and their employees in connection with inquiry proceedings; States that “Merely because the authorities under the CGST Act, 2017 are not to be treated as police officials, they cannot claim any immunity if they indulge in acts of physical violence against persons they suspect of being guilty of tax evasion”; Relying...