The Delhi High Court has directed authorities across the country not to allow any GST registration without biometric-based Aadhaar authentication, citing the continuing misuse of stolen or frozen PAN and Aadhaar details to create fraudulent GST registrations, news agency ANI reported.

A Division Bench of Justice Anil Khetarpal and Justice Shail Jain said the authorities must take the issue with “all seriousness”, as the practice was causing loss of government revenue and harassment of innocent citizens.