Writ Petition cannot be a tool to escape the statutory remedies available under the law-Supreme Court of India.

Writ petition as bypass of statutory remedies is impermissible; statutory remedy under tax law must be pursued first.

Writ petitions cannot be used to bypass available statutory remedies in tax matters; where a statutory remedy under the GST law exists, a taxpayer must pursue that remedy before invoking writ jurisdiction. In the present facts, detention of goods and demand of tax and penalty led to a writ challenge which the High Court entertained on factual grounds, but the superior forum set aside that order and directed pursuit of the statutory remedy, noting the narrow exceptions permitting writ relief were not shown.