Pandhes Infracon Pvt Ltd v ACIT ( 2020) 116 taxmann.com 376 (Mum) (Trib) www.itatonline.org Editorial : ITAT Mumbai created history by hearing a stay petition, on humane ground during period of complete lockdown, through video conferencing from home offices of Coram Members.

S. 254(2A): Appellate Tribunal –Stay- Video conferencing – Attachment of bank account lifted and stay against coercive recovery granted. [ S.226 (3) ]

Tribunal held that as the physical office of the ITAT is not functioning due to the lockdown, the stay petition was heard through video conferencing, from home offices of the respective Members. Attachment of bank account lifted and stay against coercive recovery granted as all of us are traversing through one of the toughest patch of time, facing the Covid 19 pandemic, and the poorer sections of society are hardest hit. It is necessary for every employer company to take care of its employees. The assessee not in a position to perform these obligations in view of the attachment of its bank accounts and debtors. (SA No. 184/Mum/2020 Arising out of ITA No. 189/Mum/2020, dt. 24/4/2020) (AY. 2010-11)