GST Officers Should Not Coerce Individuals Summoned To Give Statements After Office Hours: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has held that GST officers should not require or coerce individuals summoned under GST to give statements after office hours. The division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Navneet Kumar emphasized, “In our opinion, the proper officer under the GST should not be requiring or forcing or coercing a person so summoned to give st…