Partly allowed
Barun Kumar Pradhan v. State of Odisha
Orissa HCWP(C)/39963/2021
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
In a writ petition, the Court allowed the petitioner one week to deposit tax for vehicle fitness. It permitted challenge to the penalty in a proper forum subject to a decision in an earlier case. Remote hearing procedures were noted due to COVID-19.
What did the court decide?
Condition precedent to fitness is deposit of tax within one week; penalty challenge permitted in proper forum.