2021 (2) TMI 436

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....petition has been heard by way of video conferencing. 2. Present writ petition has been filed challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax, Act, 2017. 3. This Court in a similar matter in Dhruv Krishan Maggu vs. Union of India & Ors., W.P.(C) 5454/2020 has refused to pass any interim order holding that it is not inclined to interfere with the investigation at this stage and that too in writ proceedings. The relevant observations made by this Court in Dhruv Krishan Maggu vs. Union of India & Ors. (supra) are reproduced hereinbelow:- (i) There is always a presumption in favour of constitutionality of an enactment or any part thereof and the burden to show that there has bee....

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....epak Mahajan (supra) and the aforesaid Gujarat High Court judgment, the arguments that prejudice is caused to the petitioners as they are not able to avail protection under Article 20(3) of the Constitution and/or the provisions of Cr. P.C. do not apply even when CGST Act is silent, are untenable in law. (vii) Reliance on "no coercive orders" by counsel for the petitioners are untenable as the Supreme Court in Union of India vs. Sapna Jain & Ors., SLP (Crl.) 4322-4324/2019 dated 29th May, 2019 has 'spoken its mind'. (viii)This Court prima facie finds force in the submissions of the learned ASG that the Central Tax Officers are empowered to conduct intelligence-based enforcement action against taxpayers assigned to State Ta....