ORDER

By Vijay Kumar

There shall be interim stay of recovery of the amount involved, till the appellate authority disposes of the application for stay.

There were nine such writ petitions challenging various provisions of the controversial circular. Though the High Court did not quash or stay the Circular, the recovery of the amount involved has been stayed.

In the next few days all High Courts in the Country will be flooded with such writ petitions - the lawyers should be grateful to the CBEC for this most unexpected prosperous New Year gift.

When I discussed the issue with a senior advocate, he asked me, "What are you complaining about? When you are in the business of selling coffins, you should be happy about people dying; if they don't die, how can you sell your coffins?"