"The court also added that the arrest of MakeMyTrip's vice-president MK Pallai, earlier this year, was contrary to law and that it violated his constitutional rights. The directorate had failed to provide a showcause notice, which it is required to do. MakeMyTrip then had to deposit Rs 67 crore, the total tax demand raised by the agency. The Delhi High Court went further and said it would levy interest should the DGCEI delay the repayment beyond its four-week deadline. "Our writ petition was the challenge the extreme step of asking us to deposit the tax without a show-cause notice.

Source: Economic Times September 02, 2016 02:48 UTC