Delhi Court grants bail to GST inspector in illegal gratification case

A Delhi court on Friday has granted bail to a GST official, who was accused of accepting illegal gratification from a shop owner. official h asked for a bribe in order t to cancel GST registration of owner within a week of his arrest. shop owner h reported matter to Central Bureau of Investigation, alleging that officer h sought illegal gratification from him over phone on September 9. 

GST inspector's vocate, Vijay Aggarwal said that his client h been falsely implicated. "It is clear from two factors, one being that his client was alleged to have me a phone call from a number on September 9, when in fact phone number was purchased by his client only on 21 of said month and two, that illegal gratification was allegedly recovered from pocket of his client," he submitted. 

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Earlier, Aggarwal h told court that re was hand touch on alleged illegal gratification, hence plantation cant be ruled out. Later, CBI h n laid a trap and allegedly caught officer in possession of illegal gratification. Special Judge Raj Kumar Chauhan said that accused was in judicial custody since his arrest and he cant be kept in custody for an indefinite time, thus granting him bail.

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Major changes in GST rates

all-powerful GST (goods and services tax) Council me some major changes in tax rate of goods and services with a view to dressing sectoral concerns in a slowing ecomy. se tax changes have come on a day when government anunced big reductions in corporate tax rates to boost private investments and pull ecomy out of a six-year low growth and a 45-year high unemployment rate.

37th meeting of GST Council was heed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with representatives of all states. While council did t take a decision on cutting tax on automobiles as well as items like biscuits, it me some changes in tax rates of hotel tariffs and caffeinated bevers. In all, GST Council revised rates on 20 goods and 12 services. minister said rate changes shall be me effective from October 1.

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(with ANI inputs)