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GST Act Allows Simultaneous Adjudication and Prosecution for Fake Invoice Cases, Overrides Certain Criminal Procedure Code Sections.

January 21, 2021

Case Laws     GST     HC

Validity of prosecution proceedings under GST - fake invoices - In view of the scheme of the Act, this Court has no hesitation to hold that in the cases of present nature, both adjudication and prosecution can be started simultaneously. Further, the aforesaid special provisions shall prevail over the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure and it cannot be said that all the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure like Sections 154 and 173 of he Code of Criminal Procedure need to be followed for prosecution under the Act. - HC

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