HC laid down Guidelines for effecting Income Tax Recovery

UTI Mutual Fund vs. ITO (Bombay High Court) High Court held that that the following guidelines should be borne in mind for effecting recovery: 1. No recovery of tax should be made pending (a) Expiry of the time limit for filing an appeal; (b) Disposal of a stay application, if any, moved by the assessee and for a reasonable period thereafter to enable the assessee to move a higher forum, if so advised. Coercive steps may, however, be adopted where the authority has reason to believe that the assessee may defeat the demand, in which case brief reasons may be indicated. 2. The stay application, ...