https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188900 Once the consignor or consignee furnished security or executed a bond with sureties under Section 14B(6)(i) of the Punjab General Sales Tax Act, 1948, the detaining officer was bound to release the detained goods. Continued detention could not be justified by sending the file to another authority, because the statutory duty to release remained with the detaining officer. The prolonged withholding after compliance was treated as unjustified detention causing avoidable harassment, and the goods were directed to be released forthwith with compensation and costs awarded. en-us Thu, 27 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 11:53:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188900 Once the consignor or consignee furnished security or executed a bond with sureties under Section 14B(6)(i) of the Punjab General Sales Tax Act, 1948, the detaining officer was bound to release the detained goods. Continued detention could not be justified by sending the file to another authority, because the statutory duty to release remained with the detaining officer. The prolonged withholding after compliance was treated as unjustified detention causing avoidable harassment, and the goods were directed to be released forthwith with compensation and costs awarded. Case-Laws VAT and Sales Tax Thu, 27 Apr 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188900