Amount debited from bank of assessee – Gross abuse of power – HC

Pradeep Kumar Siddha Vs Union of India & Ors. (Bombay High Court) HC held that We fail to understand, prima facie, as to how the authorities get this power to take away amount from anybody’s account without account holder’s permission or even after taking away the money, they would not even consider it necessary to inform the account-holder that money from their account has been debited. This is nothing but high handedness and gross abuse of power. HC directed the department to deposit the entire amount of Rs. 62,32,400/- with the Registrar (Judicial-I) of this Court on or before 28.07...