The High Court disposed of a writ petition challenging the seizure of bullion from the petitioner, holding that the petitioners' prayers were infructuous as the accused now has a separate avenue to apply for the release of seized goods.
No costs. The Writ Petition is disposed of.
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Court No. - 35
Case :- WRIT TAX No. - 94 of 2017
Petitioner :- Vijay Vasudeva
Respondent :- The Director General Of Income-Taxinvestigation And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Surendra Kumar Garg,Ashish Bansal,Raj Kumar Ojha
Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pradip Kumar,Praveen Kumar
Hon'ble Bharati Sapru,J. Hon'ble Piyush Agrawal,J.
Affidavits have been exchanged in this matter.
The petitioner came before this Court with prayers stating that the bullion, which have been seized from him on a certain date did not belong to him at all and belong to one Kashi Ornaments House at Allahabad. His contention that he was not liable to any assessment against the said bullion.
A supplementary affidavit has been filed, which contains an order passed by the Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax Allahabad dated 27.12.2018, which confers this factor.
Therefore, the petitioners payers have virtually become infructuous. Insofar as the seized goods are concerned, it is always open to the person to whom the goods belong to apply for its release.
The Writ Petition is disposed of as above. No costs.
Order Date :- 20.2.2019 S.P.
Vijay Vasudeva
The Director General Of Income-Tax Investigation
Bharati Sapru
Piyush Agrawal
As recorded by the court registry
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