Case Law Details
Simplex Infrastructures Ltd. Vs Joint Commissioner of Central Tax (Karnataka High Court)
In the usual course if the assessee knocks the doors of the Writ Court without exhausting the alternative remedy of appeal available under the Act, no exception can be found with the Writ Court in rejecting the writ petition as not maintainable, but having regard to the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, as in the present case when the appellants have approached the Writ Court with an alternative relief of seeking permission to file an appeal before the appellate authority, any finding recorded on the merits of the case which indeed relates to facts warrants interference.
Thus, it is clear that in the absence of power vested with the appellate authority to condone the delay, in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, the ends of the justice would be met in permitting the appellants to file an appeal instead of adjudicating the matter on merits subject to conditions as aforesaid.
For the reasons aforesaid, Writ appeal is allowed in part subject to payment of costs of Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh) payable by the appellants to the Chief Minister’s Covid-19 Relief Fund within a period of two weeks from today.
FULL TEXT OF THE JUDGMENT/ORDER OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
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