DGCEI Information Cases Exempt from Monetary Limits Under CBDT Circular: Gujarat HC

 PCIT Vs Taha Wires Pvt. Ltd. (Gujarat High Court) The Gujarat High Court allowed the Revenue’s writ petition and held that the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) is a law enforcement agency for the purpose of Clause 10(e) of the CBDT Circular dated 11 July 2018, as modified by the Circular dated 20 August 2018. Consequently, the Tribunal had erred in excluding DGCEI from the exception to the monetary limits prescribed for filing departmental appeals. The petition challenged the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal’s order dated 10 February 2021 rejecting the Reve...