Karnataka High Court
Abdul Majid v. Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Taxes
Where petitioners, scrap-trading firm proprietors, purchased goods from validly registered suppliers with payment through banking channels, held invoices, filed GST returns, and faced allegations of bogus invoices due to subsequent supplier cancellation, ITC could not be denied without proof of fraud or collusion, and anticipatory bail was justified as custodial interrogation was unwarranted given cooperation and no prior antecedents