Category: ITAT related

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), New Delhi desires to engage Senior Standing Counsels and Junior Standing Counsels for representing l. T. Department before Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai, for various reasons. For this purpose, the Chief Commissioner of Income-tax Mumbai ha s been authorised to draw a panel of standing counsels comprising a maximum of two Senior Standing Counsels and two Junior Standing Counsels for each bench. In this regard qualification of counsels has been indicated by the CBDT as under:

In supersession of earlier instruction on this subject, the Board has decided to lay down the following parameters for allocation of work between the CIT [DRs] and the Sr. DRs. for representation before ITAT.

Any person wanting to raise a genuine issue or to make a genuine complaint can directly approach any member of this Committee. The identity of the complainant shall not be disclosed without the consent of the complainant.

The Allahabad High Court dismissed the objection raised by the Additional Solicitor General of India Ashok Nigam on Monday. According to Nigam, the petitioner had no locus standi to challenge the appointment of Dr Satish Chandra as the High Court judge.

Income- Tax Appellate Tribunal Central Covt. Offices Building, 4th Floor. Maharshi Karve Marg, MUMBI 400 020. Dated the 11th July, 2008. O R D E R The following Members are hereby transferred in public interest in the same capacity to …

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The following Vice-Presidents of the Income tax Appellate Tribunal are hereby transferred in the same capacity in public interest, to the Zones of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal  as shown against their name(s) with effect from 10th July 2008

ITAT has always been known for the high quality of its orders. Our orders have received praise form judge including sitting judge of the Supreme Court, who sit in appeal over them. However, of late I am concerned to note that some of the High court has criticized our lack of quality, detailed reasoning, non-recording of basic or vital facts and the arguments etc. I know that these are only exception to the general rules that we pass well-reasoned and speaking order. I am also aware of the pains and efforts taken by Members in general to pass quality orders and that wherever they slip, it is not intentional. It is however, unfortunate that adverse publicity is sought to be given only to the small percentage of orders, which suffer in quality. I am afraid that an Uninformed person may draw wrong conclusions form such publicity and may be misled to think that we are, in general not passing proper and speaking orders. That is a situation, which I want to avoid, if I can help it. I want to remove this impression whither it is carried by higher courts or by the public or the members of the Bar. I, therefore, thought it necessary to take measures to ensure that every single order we pass meets the requirements of a speaking order. One such erasure which was actively debated and decided in the conference of the Vice-Presidents recently held in Mumbai was to reduce the monthly disposal-target to 50, but with the understanding the a Members will pay utmost attention to the quality of the orders they pass and will not give room for any criticism from any quarters.

Shri. Vimal Gandhi with Mr. Michael Waweru, Commissioner General of Kenyan Revenue Authority and Ms. Sabina Walcott Denny, Head of Inland Revnue, Barbodas The Special Unit for South-South Cooperation of the United Nations Development Program, in close cooperation with the …

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Revision of monetary limits for filing appeals by the Department before Income tax Appellate Tribunals, High Courts and Supreme Court- measures for reducing litigation.

No.402/94/04/2008-MC Government of India / Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes New Delhi dated 16th May 2008 CLARIFICATION Sub: News item appearing in various newspaper on 15.5.2008 regarding arrest of a Member of the Income …

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