In a recent ruling, the bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal of Allahabad High Court granted relief to the Chief Income tax Officer committing contempt of court.
According to the contempt of court application filed, the income tax officer wilfully disobeyed the judgement of the same High Court of a writ petition.
The contempt application has been filed under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for punishing the Income Tax Officer for willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 01.12.2022 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 16848 of 2022.
The applicant contended that the order of the disposal of writ petition has been served to the officer through registered post, however, the said order has not been complied with by the officer till the date.
The bench ruled that the income tax officer shall comply with the order passed by the Allahabad High Court in the writ petition within 3 months from the date of production of the certified copy of this order.
Further, directed the applicant to send a copy of this order along with the self-addressed envelope of the applicant with a copy of contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter and keep a record thereof.
Additionally, the bench stated that if the officer failed to comply with the judgement again, it is open to the applicant to approach the court again.
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