Madras High Court
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Madras High Court
Where bank accounts were provisionally attached by Commissioner in February 2022 and no interim orders were secured during writ appeals, such attachments lapsed automatically after one year as per legal precedent, rendering the appeals infructuous since authority could not renew the attachment in absence of enabling provision
Madras High Court
Where petitioner’s bank account was provisionally attached under Section 83 and remained frozen beyond statutory one-year period, as limitation in Section 83(2) requires cessation of such attachment after one year, continued freezing was impermissible and attachment was set aside, allowing petitioner to operate account
Madras High Court
Where letters were issued to customers of respective petitioner directing diversion of amounts payable to petitioners towards alleged GST dues before any order-in-original determining liability was passed, such pre-assessment garnishee actions were invalid and unsustainable, with recovery only possible under section 79(1)(c) once liability was crystallized by order-in-original