Supreme Court of India

Kesari Nandan Mobile v. Office of Assistant Commissioner of State Tax (2), Enforcement Division – 5

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Reported as [2025] 8 S.C.R. 936
Bench Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih JJ.
Decided 14 August 2025

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the respondent could not have issued the impugned provisional attachment orders dated 13th November, 2024 and 18th December, 2024 upon the previous ones having ceased to have any effect by operation of law after a year of its issuance.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 or any other law in force permits issuance of a second provisional attachment order u/s.83(1) of the Act after the initial provisional attachment order issued thereunder ceases, by reason of efflux of a year from the date of its issuance, in terms of sub-section (2) thereof. Headnotes† Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 – s.83 – Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 – r.159(5) – Provisional attachment to protect revenue in certain cases – Provisional attachment orders issued against the

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