SC comes down hard on IT dept, says apex court is not a “picnic place”
The Supreme Court has slammed the Income Tax department for making “misleading statement” about pendency of an appeal while making it clear that the apex court is not a “picnic place” and cannot be treated like this. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur slapped a cost of Rs 10 lakh on the department and said it was “shocked” that the Centre, through the Commissioner of Income Tax, has taken the matter “so casually”.The bench, also comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta, also noted in its order…
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