Hon’ble Shri. R. V. Easwar has been appointed the officiating President of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal and has assumed charge at Mumbai on June 4, 2010.
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Retirement of Hon’ble President of ITAT
Hon’ble Shri. Vimal Gandhi, President of the Tribunal retired today, 3rd June 2010. Shri. Gandhi practiced as an Advocate from 1970 to 1985 and joined the Tribunal as a Judicial Member on 16.9.1985. He served as Vice President from 6.8.1997 to 30.10.2003 and was appointed President on 31.10.2003. He served as President for six years and seven months. When Mr. Gandhi was appointed President, the pendency of matters in the Tribunal was 180,666 and this has been brought down to 47,000 as on 1.4.2010. Mr. Gandhi started the system of refresher course for the Members of the ITAT. He was also instrumental in allotting the library premises to the Bar Association, Mumbai. Mr. Gandhi represented the Tribunal at national and international seminars of repute including at the United Nations where he made a presentation of successful practices at the ITAT. He also formulated broad guidelines on how judgements should be written for the benefit of Members.
Transfer of Hon’ble Members (March 2010)
In pursuance of the consultations of the collegium of the I.T.A.T consisting of the President and two senior-most Vice Presidents, the following Members of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal have been transferred, in public interest, in the same capacity, to the Bench(es) of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal as shown against their names, with effect from the forenoon of 05.04.2010
Applications for appointment of Judicial & Accountant Members of the Tribunal
The Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice has invited applications for the posts of Judicial Members and Accountant Members in the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal. There are 22 vacancies for the post of Judicial Member while there are 13 vacancies for the post of Accountant Member.
Appointments of Hon’ble Sr. Vice President and Vice Presidents
Hon’ble Shri R.V. Easwar, Judicial Member, has been elevated as Senior Vice President and posted to the Mumbai Bench of the Tribunal with effect from 25th November 2009. Shri. Easwar has qualified as LLM and ACA and practised as a lawyer from 1975 to 1991 in Chennai. After his elevation to the Bench in 1991, he has served the Kolkota, Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore Benches. He has been a party to several landmark judgements such as Mid East Portfolio 87 ITD 537 (Mum) (SB), Lalsons Enterprises 89 ITD 26 (Del) (SB) and Kanel Oil (Ahd) (TM).
Letter to Hon’ble Prime Minister and Hon’ble Finance Minister
We are greatly shocked and concerned to know that the Government has proposed changes in the rules concerning appointment of Members of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal [‘I.T.A.T.’]. Among others, a proposal is to appoint Members of I.T.A.T. only for a limited tenure of 5 years, at a time, on contract basis. The Association strongly disapproves of such a regressive
move since such proposal will severely affect independence of the Members so appointed. The Association strongly opposes such a proposal which affects the independent judicial functioning of the I.T.A.T.
Transfer of Hon’ble Members (Sept’ 09)
Vide order dated 1st September 2009, the following Hon’ble Members have, in pursuance of the consultations of the collegium of the I.T.A.T. consisting of the President and two senior-most Vice-Presidents, been transferred, in the same capacity, to the Benches of the Tribunal as shown against their names with effect from the afternoon of 11th September, 2009.
Retirement of Hon’ble Shri. M. A. Bakshi, Vice President
Hon’ble Shri. Mansoor Ahmed Bakshi, Vice President, Mumbai Bench, shall retire on 2nd September 2009. In his honour, the Bar Association has arranged a Full Court reference on 2nd September.
Shri. Bakshi, BA, LLB, practiced as an advocate / tax consultant for 19 years in the Jammu & Kashmir High Court prior to his elevation to the Bench on 29th June 1989. Apart from the Mumbai Bench, Shri. Bakshi has served as Vice President of the Ahmedabad, Kolkota and Chandigarh Benches of the Tribunal.
Transfers of Hon’ble Members (July 2009)
Hon’ble Shri. M. K. Chaturvedi, JM, Vice-President, Chennai Zone has been appointed administrative Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Guwahati Bench.
Shri. Chaturvedi has been party to several landmark judgements such as Walkeshwar Triveni 88 ITD 159 (Mum) (SB), Kwality Milk Foods 100 ITD 199 (Che) (SB), Rogini Garments 108 ITD 49 (Che) (SB) among others.
To fill the vacancy, Shri. Pradeep Parikh, AM, Vice-President, ITAT, Hyderabad Zone has been transferred to the Chennai Bench in the same capacity.
Shri. P. P. Parikh practiced as a Chartered Accountant in Ahmedabad from 1975 to 1994 till his elevation to the Bench on 24.05.1994.
Shri. Parikh has been party to several landmark judgements such as R. M. Valliappan 103 ITD 63 (Che) (SB), Narang Hotels 74 ITD 190 (Mum) (SB), Smt. Mahesh Batra 95 ITD 152 (Asr) (SB) among others.
We wish both Hon’ble Members good luck in their new postings.
Retirement of Hon’ble Sr. Vice President
Hon’ble Shri R. P. Garg, Sr. Vice President, Delhi Bench retired on 6th August 2009. A full court reference in his honour was held by the Delhi Bench of the Tribunal. Shri. Garg has been party to several landmark judgements such as ABN AMRO 97 ITD 89 (Cal) (SB), Gujarat Gas 115 ITD 218 (Ahd) (SB), Ashima Syntex 100 ITD 247 (Ahd) (SB) among others. We wish the Hon’ble member good luck in his new endeavours.
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