Kerala HC Directs to dispose of Income Tax Appeal filed 9 Years Ago [Read Order]
Considering the long delay, the court made a direction to the competent appellate authority to dispose of the income tax appeal as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of three months.
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In a recent case, the Kerala High Court dirceted the income tax department to dispose of the income tax apparel filed 9 years ago. Considering the long year gap in disposing apapeal, the bench directed to dispose of the appeal within 3 months.
Sree Kalika Parameswari Vishwa Karma Samaj Sabha Bangara, , the petitioner sought for the limited relief that is for a direction to dispose of the income tax appeal in a time bound manner. After hearing the counsel for the petitioner as well as the standing counsel for the respondents, the single bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas viewed that this writ petition can be disposed of with a direction.
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The Income Tax appeal was filed as a challenge against an order of assessment for the year 2013-2014. The appeal was filed as early as in 2016 and has not been disposed of till date. In the said circumstances, it is essential that the appeal be disposed of in a time-bound manner.
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Inordinate and unexplained delay in disposal of the representations of the petitioners and amounts to violation of Article 22(5) of the Constitution of India.
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Considering the long delay, the court made a direction to the competent appellate authority to dispose of the income tax appeal as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, within a period of three months.
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