Collector, Land Acquisition, Anantnag & Anr. v. Mst. Katiji & Ors.

2 SCC 107Supreme Court of India1987#157 most cited

What is Collector, Land Acquisition, Anantnag & Anr. v. Mst. Katiji & Ors. authority for?

Courts must adopt a liberal approach when considering applications for condonation of delay, preferring to decide cases on their merits rather than allowing technicalities of limitation to scuttle justice. This principle applies to ensure the substantive rights of parties are not defeated by minor delays.

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Also referred to as

Collector v. Katiji · Mst. Katiji · condonation of delay · delay in filing appeal · liberal approach · justice on merits · extension of limitation · reasonable cause · Section 250 · Section 147 · Section 148

Issues it is cited on

Judgments citing Collector, Land Acquisition, Anantnag & Anr. v. Mst. Katiji & Ors.

Sri Venugopalakrishna Credit Cooperative Society Limited, Bangalore vs. Income Tax Officer, Ward-5(2)(4), Bangalore

In the result, the appeals filed by the assessee are partly allowed for statistical purposes

ITA 1313/BANG/2025[2011-12]Status: DisposedITAT Bangalore23 Sept 2025AY 2011-12

Bench: Shri Laxmi Prasad Sahuassessment Year : 2011-12 Sri Venugopalakrishna Credit Co-Operative Vs. Ito, Society, Ward – 5(2)(4), No.123/3, 9Th Cross, 2Nd Main Chamajpet, Bangalore. Bangalore – 560 018. Pan :Aabas 6974 R Appellant Respondent Assessee By : Shri. H. Guruswamy, Itp Revenue By : Shri. Ganesh R. Ghale, Advocate, Standing Counsel For Revenue. Date Of Hearing : 10.09.2025 Date Of Pronouncement : 23.09.2025

For Appellant: Shri. H. Guruswamy, ITPFor Respondent: Shri. Ganesh R. Ghale, Advocate, Standing Counsel for Revenue
Section 148Section 250Section 57Section 80PSection 80P(2)(a)Section 80P(2)(d)

…d. Accordingly, there is a delay in filing the appeal. On going through the explanation submitted by the learned Counsel and by relying on the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Collector of Land Acquisition Vs. MST Katiji and Others, (1987) 2 SCC 107 : 1987 (2) SC, the delay in filing the appeal is condoned. 3. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that assessee filed return of income on 09.02.2012 declaring Nil income after claiming deduction of Rs.26,62,456/- under section 80P of the Act. The notice was issued under section 148 of the Act on 28.03.2018 which was served to the assessee. A…

Muniyappa Muniraju, Bengaluru vs. Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax, Bengaluru-2, Bengaluru

In the result, appeal filed by the assessee is allowed

ITA 1119/BANG/2025[2017-18]Status: DisposedITAT Bangalore11 Sept 2025AY 2017-18

Bench: Shri Laxmi Prasad Sahu & Shri Soundararajan Kassessment Year : 2017-18 Shri. Muniyappa Muniraju, Vs. Pr. Cit, No.1/3, 1St Cross, Muni Narasimhaiah Bangalore - 2. Garden, Chocolate Factory Main Road, Btm I Stage, Bangalore – 560 029, Karnataka. Pan : Anjpm 0458 N Appellant Respondent Assessee By : Shri. Narendra Sharma, Advocate Revenue By : Shri. Muthu Shankar, Cit(Dr)(Itat), Bangalore. Date Of Hearing : 04.09.2025 Date Of Pronouncement : 11.09.2025

For Appellant: Shri. Narendra Sharma, AdvocateFor Respondent: Shri. Muthu Shankar, CIT(DR)(ITAT), Bangalore
Section 139(1)Section 142(1)Section 143(2)Section 147Section 148Section 194CSection 194HSection 263Section 44A

…r the advancement of substantial cause of justice. 4. On going through the explanation submitted by the learned Counsel and by relying on the judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Collector of Land Acquisition Vs. MST Katiji and Others, (1987) 2 SCC 107 : 1987 (2) SC, the delay in filing the appeal is condoned. 5. DR relied on the Order of learned Pr.CIT and submitted that learned Pr.CIT has power to exercise his jurisdiction as per provisions of section263 of the Act that any Order passed by the AO can be examined as per the provisions of income tax Act. 6. Considering the rival submissions and…