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J. B. PARDIWALA, SANJAY KAROL
Vinubhai Mohanlal Dobaria – Appellant
Versus
Chief Commissioner of Income Tax – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
J.B. PARDIWALA, J.
For the convenience of exposition, this judgment is divided into the following parts:
| INDEX | |
| (A) | FACTUAL MATRIX |
| (B) | SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT |
| (C) | SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENTS |
| (D) | ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION |
| (E) | ANALYSIS |
| (i) Section 276 CC of the Income Tax Act, 1961 | |
| (ii) Provisions pertaining to compounding of offences | |
| (iii) Guidelines for Compounding of Offences under Direct Tax Laws, 2014 | |
| (F) | CONCLUSION |
1. Leave granted.
2. This appeal arises from the judgment and order passed by the High Court of Gujarat dated 21.03.2017 in Special Civil Application No. 5386 of 2017 (hereinafter referred to as “the impugned order”) by which the High Court rejected the writ petition filed by the appellant herein and thereby upheld the order of the Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Vadodara (“Respondent No. 1”) dated 14.02.2017 rejecting the application preferred by the appellant-assessee for compounding of the offence under Section 276CC of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”).
(A) FACTUAL MATRIX
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