Order allowing release of vehicle detained alleging ‘wrong-destination’ challenged before SC, notice issued

SC issues notice in SLP filed by Revenue assailing order of Telangana HC deriding Revenue’s action of detaining vehicle alleging ‘wrong destination’; Finding the reason for detention to be ‘absurd’, HC held that “under the Act, this is not a ground to detain the vehicle carrying the goods or levy tax or penalty”; Further, HC noted that when the IGST was already paid, the goods cannot be treated as having escaped tax and fresh tax and penalty cannot be ...