A company can be proceeded against or prosecuted for any offence under the CGST/SGST Act :

Can a company be proceeded against or prosecuted for any offence under the CGST/SGST Act?

Ans. Yes. Section 137 of the CGST/SGST ACT provides that every person who was in-charge of or responsible to a company for the conduct of its business shall, along-with the company itself, be liable to be proceeded against and punished for an offence committed by the company while such person was in-charge of the affairs of the company. If any offence committed by the company—

• has been committed with the consent/ connivance of, or

• is attributable to negligence of—

any officer of the company then such officer shall be deemed to be guilty of the said offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.