Income Tax Appeal Against Inadequate Sentence Not Maintainable: Karnataka HC

DCIT Vs Murlikrishna Reddy (Karnataka High Court) The Karnataka High Court dismissed appeals filed by the Income Tax Department challenging the inadequacy of sentences imposed by the Special Court for Economic Offences, Bengaluru, in C.C. No.75/2013 and C.C. No.99/2014. The Court considered the preliminary issue of maintainability and noted that the same question had already been decided by a Coordinate Bench in The Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax Vs. M/s. Genewa Industries Limited (A. No.926/2021). Relying on that judgment, the Court held that appeals filed by the Income Tax Department agai...