The cost of Rs 10 lakh be deposited with the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee within four weeks by the IT department.
The Supreme Court has slapped Rs 10 lakh on the Income Tax department while hearing a plea. The apex court slammed the department for making 바카라misleading statement바카라 about pendency of an appeal while making it clear that the apex court is not a 바카라picnic place바카라 and cannot be treated like this.
A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur pointed out that that the Centre, through the Commissioner of Income Tax, has taken the matter 바카라so casually바카라.
The bench, also comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta, also noted in its order that the plea was filed by the IT department after a delay of 596 days and 바카라inadequate and unconvincing explanation바카라 was given for the delay.
바카라Please do not do this. The Supreme Court is not a picnic place. Is this the way you treat the Supreme Court of India?,바카라 the bench told the counsel appearing for the department.
바카라You cannot treat the Supreme Court like this,바카라 the bench said.
The top court observed that in the petition filed by the Commissioner of Income Tax, Ghaziabad, the department has said that a similar matter filed in 2012 was pending in the court.
It, however, noted that the matter referred to as pending by the department was decided by the apex court way back in September 2012.
바카라In other words, the petitioners have given a totally misleading statement before this court. We are shocked that the Union of India through the Commissioner of Income Tax has taken the matter so casually,바카라 the bench said in its order while dismissing the petition.
바카라As we have noted, there is an inadequate explanation of delay of 596 days in filing the petition and a misleading statement about pendency of a similar civil appeal,바카라 it said.
It said that the cost of Rs 10 lakh be deposited with the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee within four weeks and the amount be utilised for juvenile justice issues.
The department had moved the apex court challenging the August 29, 2016 judgement of the Allahabad High Court which had dismissed their appeal against an Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) order.
The plea before the high court pertained to different assessment years concerning the Hapur Pilkhuwa Development Authority (HPDA), a body constituted under the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973.
The HPDA had applied for grant of registration under the relevant provision of the Income Tax Act, 1961, which deals with procedure for registration.
The Commissioner of Income Tax, Ghaziabad, had rejected the application in June 2006 observing that HPDA was not an institution working for charitable purposes.
The HPDA had thereafter approached the ITAT which allowed its appeal against the order of Commissioner of Income Tax and said that it was entitled for registration.
(PTI)