Court Lifts Provisional Attachment of Bank Accounts Due to Lack of Guidelines in State GST Act Section 83.

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....Provisional attachment of Bank Accounts of petitioner - Although the provisions of Section 281B of the Income Tax Act is pari materia to Section 83 of the State GST Act, yet one pertinent feature of Section 281B of the Income Tax Act is that it gives guidelines for making the provisional attachment. Such guidelines are missing so far as Section 83 of the State GST Act is concerned - having regard to the fact that there is hardly a balance of ₹ 22,065/- in the two bank accounts, we see no good reason to continue the provisional attachment. - HC....