The Hon’ble Supreme Court in Rakesh Kumar v. Union of India & Anr. [Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 439 of 2024 dated June 29, 2026] disposed of the writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of Section 69 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (“the CGST Act”), which empowers GST officers to arrest offenders, holding that the constitutional validity of the said provision has already been upheld by a three-Judge Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Radhika Agarwal v. Union of India & Ors. [(2025) 6 SCC 545] and, accordingly, disposed of the writ petition in terms of the said judgment, while vacating the interim order, if any.
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