Bombay High Court Protects Future Group's Sunil Biyani from Arrest in GST Scam

The Bombay High Court granted protection from arrest to Sunil Biyani, a non-executive director of Future Group, in a GST evasion case allegedly involving over ₹1,200 crore.

The matter concerns alleged fake invoices, wrongful input tax credit, and foreign remittances routed through certain companies where Biyani was previously a director. He resigned in July 2023 and has denied any wrongdoing, stating he is willing to cooperate with the investigation.

Justice NR Borkar noted that the Central GST authority had not issued an order under Section 69 of the CGST Act authorising his arrest.

In the absence of such authorisation, the Court held that arrest could not be effected at this stage.

[Sunil Biyani v. UOI & Ors.]