India, Aug. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a Bombay High Court order granting Future Group non-executive director Sunil Biyani one week's protection from arrest in a Goods and Services Tax (GST) investigation, holding that the high court could not have granted such relief after concluding that his anticipatory bail plea was premature.

A bench of justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu, however, clarified that GST authorities are obligated to communicate to an individual the reasons for arrest recorded under Section 69 of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act. The court said such communication could also be made through email.

The ruling came on an appeal by the Union government against the Bombay High Court's Febr...