| COURT: | ITAT Chandigarh |
| CORAM: | Bhavnesh Saini (JM), T. R. Sood (AM) |
| SECTION(S): | 250, 254(1) |
| GENRE: | Domestic Tax |
| CATCH WORDS: | contempt of court, strictures |
| COUNSEL: | N. K. Saini |
| DATE: | June 16, 2015 (Date of pronouncement) |
| DATE: | July 1, 2015 (Date of publication) |
| AY: | 2007-08 |
| FILE: | Click here to view full post with file download link |
| CITATION: | |
| S. 250: Orders of the ITAT are binding on the lower authorities and should be followed unreservedly. Blatant failure to do so could attract contempt of court proceedings | |
It is a clear case of showing disrespect to the order of the Tribunal. Therefore, contempt proceedings could have been initiated against the CIT (A) for blatantly disobeying the order of the Tribunal. The Madhya Pradesh High Court in Agrawal Warehousing & Leasing Ltd. vs. CIT 257 ITR 235 held that the CIT (A) cannot refuse to follow the order of the Appellate Tribunal. The CIT (A) is a quasi – judicial authority and is subordinate in judicial hierarchy to the Tribunal. The orders passed by the Tribunal are binding on all the revenue authorities functioning under the jurisdiction of the Tribunal. The principles of judicial discipline require that the orders of the higher appellate authorities should be followed unreservedly by the subordinate authorities
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