Anti-profit Penalty: Companies go to court against govt over due procedure

Mumbai: A group of real estate, infrastructure and FMCG companies have dragged the government to court, accusing it of not following the “due process” while carrying out anti-profiteering investigations under the goods and services tax framework.The companies claim that they have been asked to pay penalties even when the investigations were not concluded. In some cases, they were dragged into the case when it was a franchisee, not the company