THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX vs. SHRI MUNINAGA REDDY,

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ITA/231/2015HC KarnatakaKAHC01031096201511 August 2015Bench: B.MANOHAR,VINEET SARAN2 pages
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What did the High Court hold?

The High Court of Karnataka, in its order dated August 11, 2015, noted that the learned counsel for the appellants (the Revenue) stated that the appellants did not wish to press the appeal. Consequently, the High Court dismissed the appeal as not pressed. No findings were made on the merits of the case, and the ITAT's order dated January 13, 2015, was not adjudicated upon. The operative direction was solely the dismissal of the appeal. No issues were expressly left undecided as the appeal was disposed of on a procedural ground.

What were the facts?

The Commissioner of Income Tax and the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (the appellants/Revenue) filed an appeal before the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru. The appeal was against an order dated January 13, 2015, passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Bangalore, in ITA No. 859/Bang/2012. The ITAT's order had confirmed the order of the Appellate Commissioner, which in turn had presumably set aside or modified an order passed by the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Central Circle-6(1), Bangalore. The assessment year in question was 2006-2007. The respondent in the appeal was Shri Muninaga Reddy.

What were the issues?

The substantial questions of law to be formulated and decided by the High Court were not explicitly stated in the provided text. However, the prayer indicates the Revenue sought to set aside the ITAT's order and confirm the order of the Assistant Commissioner. The Revenue's argument, as presented by their counsel, was that they did not wish to press the appeal. No arguments were recorded for the respondent (Shri Muninaga Reddy). The core issue revolved around the correctness of the ITAT's decision which upheld the Appellate Commissioner's order, thereby disagreeing with the Assistant Commissioner's initial assessment for the assessment year 2006-2007.

Which sections of the Income-tax Act were involved?

Section 260-A

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1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

DATED THIS THE 11TH DAY OF AUGUST 2015

PRESENT

THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE VINEET SARAN AND THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE B MANOHAR ITA No.231 OF 2015

BETWEEN :

1.

The Commissioner of

Income Tax, C R Building Queens Road, Bangalore-560 001.

2.

The Assistant Commissioner

Of Income Tax, Circle-6(1),

Rashtrothana Bhavan Nrupathunga Road, Bangalore.

.. Appellants

(By Sri K V Aravind and Sri E I Sanmathi, Advs.)

AND:

Shri Muninaga Reddy No.45, 3rd B Main, 4th Cross 3rd Block, Kalyan Nagar Bangalore-560 043 PAN : AFLPR 5736F.

.. Respondent

2 This ITA is filed u/s.260-a of I.T.Act, 1961 arising out of order dated 13-1-2015 passed in ITA No.859/Bang/2012, for the assessment year 2006-2007, praying that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to: (i). formulate the substantial questions of law stated above (ii) allow the appeal and set aside the order passed by the ITAT Bangalore in ITA No.859/Bang/2012 dated 13-01-2015 confirming the order of the Appellate Commissioner and confirm the order passed by the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Central Circle-6(1), Bangalore.

This appeal coming on for admission this day, VINEET SARAN, J. delivered the following:

JUDGMENT

Sri K V Aravind, learned counsel for the appellants has stated that the appellants do not wish to press this appeal.

Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed as not pressed.

sd/- JUDGE

Sd/- JUDGE Bkm.

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