Charanjit Singh v. Income Tax Officer and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
The petition challenged a notice under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and sought quashing of the notice and consequential proceedings. Because the same issue was pending before the Supreme Court, the High Court declined to express an opinion on the notice, directed that the Supreme Court’s decision would bind the present case, and stayed proceedings before the competent authority until the issue was finally decided.
What did the court decide?
Proceedings before the competent authority were stayed until the issue concerning the impugned Section 148 notice is finally decided by the Supreme Court; the petition and pending applications were disposed of accordingly.