SC upholds Restriction on Number of Section 44AB Tax Audit imposed by ICAI 

Shaji Poulose Vs Institute of Chartered Accountants of India & Others (Supreme Court of India)

The petitioners are, specifically, aggrieved by the mandatory ceiling limit imposed by Clause 6.0, Chapter VI of said Guidelines on the number of tax audits that a Chartered Accountant can accept in a financial year under Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as, “IT Act, 1961”). Additionally, and importantly, the petitioners seek a direction for quashing and/or setting aside of the disciplinary proceedings initiated by the respondent-Institute in pursu

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