E-way bill expiry alone cannot justify goods detention when breakdown delays delivery without evidence of tax evasion.

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....Expiry of an e-way bill alone did not justify detention where the vehicle reached the relevant city within the permitted period but could not complete the short remaining journey because of a breakdown. In the absence of any indication of tax evasion, treating the lapse as sufficient for detention was characterised as improper and hyper-technical. The High Court allowed the writ petition and directed that all proceedings arising from the detention be dropped.....