New Delhi, Feb. 27 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of the powers granted to authorised officers under the Customs laws, and the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act to make arrests.

After considering the issue by discussing the ratio in various judgments, a bench of the Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Bela M Trivedi and MM Sundresh rejected the challenge to the constitutional validity and the right of the authorised officers under the Customs Act and the CGST Acts to make arrests.

It pertinently held that such powers to make arrests under the laws are in consonance with the provisions of the Constitution and that the competence of the legislature to make such laws should be view...