Indirect Tax Case Pending for Nearly Fifty Years
- A Show Cause Notice was issued in 1968 and the case is still pending! This case will celebrate its Golden Jubilee soon.
- There are 204 cases pending with appellate commissioners for more than ten years.
The Union Minister of State for Finance Mr. Santosh Kumar Gangwar informed the Rajya Sabha yesterday:
The category wise details of the tax evasion by corporates pending in various Courts in India is not maintained centrally. However, the details of the pending cases filed by Income Tax Department in various Courts, including Income Tax Appellate Tribunals for violations of various provisions of Income Tax Act, 1961 which may also include the cases of Tax evasion are as follows:
Filed by Department as on 30.06.2016
Forum | Total | More than 10 yrs |
|---|---|---|
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal | 23288 | 242 |
High Court | 25801 | 742 |
Supreme Court | 4547 | 145 |
Indirect Tax
Total No of cases against corporates pending in various forums as on 30/09/2016 is as given in table below.
Forum | Total | More than 10 yrs |
|---|---|---|
Commissioner (Appeal) | 20212 | 204 |
Settlement Commission | 288 | 0 |
CESTAT | 41473 | 1222 |
High Court | 5791 | 799 |
Supreme Court | 1308 | 83 |
To a specific question, which is the oldest among such pending cases and how old is the case, the Minister replied, "The details as regards the individual cases (case wise data) is not maintained centrally. Further, the disclosure of information regarding specific taxpayers is prohibited except as per procedure laid down under section 138 of the Income-tax Act, 1961."
Oldest case: The oldest case pending in Indirect Taxes is against Hindustan Motors in which the Show Cause Notice was issued in 1968 and the amount involved is 3 lakh rupees.