Petition dismissed as moot and non-maintainable; Section 70 summons and Section 69 arrest powers examined; revision remedy available

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....HC dismissed petition as infructuous and non-maintainable. The Court noted the petitioner had been summoned under Section 70 of the CGST/GGST Acts, subjected to prolonged questioning and retention followed by arrest, and that Sections 70 and 69 confer summon and arrest powers respectively, with Section 70 inquiries treated as judicial proceedings. Despite factual findings about extensive questioning and a COVID test during the relevant period, the claimed relief became moot during pendency, and the petitioner had not exhausted the efficacious statutory remedy of revision. In view of mootness and availability of an alternative remedy, the petition was disposed of.....