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Vide Order dated 29.3.2012 passed in Pursuance of the consultations of the collegiums of the Income tax Appellate Tribunal 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 9th April 2012:- Full Article

The applicant is an Accountant Member of the ITAT, Chandigarh who, having joined the employment aforementioned on 25.8.2003, came to be transferred to the ITAT, Chandigarh Bench on 25.10.2010. He has been, vide order Annexure A-I dated 23.1.2012, ordered to be transferred to the Rajkot Bench of the ITAT. The transfer is indicated to have been ordered "in public interest". Full Article

In view of the decision in Broswel Pharmaceutical Inc vs ITO 83 TTJ 126 (All) it is not mandatory on the part of the assessee to move application before the Revenue Authorities for granting of stay of outstanding demand. Accordingly, there is no merit in the argument of the department that the stay application should be rejected outright since the assessee has not moved any petition before the Revenue Authorities seeking stay of the demand. Seeking stay before the lower .. Full Article

the following Members of the Tribunal are hereby 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 afternoon of 25th October, 2010. Shri. G. S. Pannu, AM Shri. A. L. Ghelot, AM. Shri. R. C. Sharma, AM. Shri. D. K. Srivastava, AM Full Article

n the Direct Tax Code Bill 2010 certain provisions relating to the INCOME-TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL have been incorporated which were not in the earlier draft and therefore we do not have the benefit of any intelligent or meaningful debate in the hands Full Article

Concerned over Rs 38,000 crore in tax revenue being locked up in legal disputes, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today asked the authorities to step up efforts to realise the taxes. "Rs 28,046 crore is blocked in appeal before CIT (Appeal) and Rs 10,010 crore before Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT)," Mukherjee said after meeting Revenue Department officials here. Full Article

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan received a setback on Friday when a petition filed by him under the Income Tax Act, 1961, was dismissed by the Bombay high court. A division bench of justices DY Chandrachud and JP Devadhar dismissed Khan’s petition challenging an order passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) for alleged tax evasion of Rs. 9 lakh. Full Article

The Applicant sought from the CPIO, ITAT, inspection of records relating to appeals of Escorts Limited & another and information on how third parties can become interveners and inspection of records relating to s. 4 RTI compliance. Information on the procedure to make vigilance complaints was also sought. Full Article