INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
withdraw all appeal cases pertaining to certain monetary limits and parameters from various courts by end of this month
(Revenue) Neena Kumar has directed them to "conclude" exercise of identification and closing of such cases by holding "personal meetings
with senior officials of registry of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) and High Courts so that appeal withdrawal process is completed
quickly".Ms Kumar further said that "litigation management is one of prime areas of focus of central government".She also pointed out that
CBDT had issued a detailed circular on this subject in July last year
As part of this circular, CBDT had hiked threshold limit for department to file appeals in tribunals (ITAT) and courts (High Courts and
Supreme Court) in order to bring down litigation between I-T department and assessee substantially.It had then told department that appeals
will not be filed in ITAT if monetary limit involved in case is within Rs 20 lakh
The minimum limit is Rs 50 lakh for high courts and Rs 1 crore for apex court."It is clarified that an appeal should not be filed merely
because tax effect in a case exceeds monetary limits prescribed above
Filing of appeal in such cases is to be decided on merits of case," CBDT had said.The member in her latest communication said that as per
data with CBDT, "substantial scope" of withdrawal of identified appeals exists.The entire exercise of withdrawal of appeals must conclude by
January-end and withdrawal figures should be intimated to board by January 31, she said
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