Deputy Commissioner Of Income Tax, –Circle 18 (1), New Delhi v. New Delhi Television Limited Through

$~1. * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P. (C) 1327/2017 DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, –CIRCLE 18 (1), NEW DELHI ..... Appellant Through: Mr.Paramjeet Singh Patwalia, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Asheesh Jain, Mr.Vikrant A.Maheshwari, Advocates Versus NEW DELHI TELEVISION LIMITED Through: ..... Respondent Mr.Sachit Jolly, Advocate. CORAM: JUSTICE S.MURALIDHAR JUSTICE CHANDER SHEKHAR % O R D E R20.07.2017 1. Orders were reserved in this petition on 7[th] May 2017. On 14[th] July, 2017, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) passed the final order in the appeals pending before it. As a result, the main issue agitated in this petition, viz., whether pending the disposal of the quantum appeals by the ITAT, it could have passed any interim order qua the penalty proceedings, has been rendered infructuous. 2. However, it is clarified that what has been decided by the ITAT in its order dated 16[th] September 2016 will not be treated as a precedent, even for cases before the ITAT. In other words, the question whether the ITAT, in the process of hearing a quantum appeal, can pass interim orders as regards W.P. (C) 1327 of 2017 Page 1 of 2 the penalty proceedings, is left open to be agitated afresh before the ITAT in an appropriate case. 3. The petition is disposed of leaving open all the contentions of both the parties. S.MURALIDHAR, J JULY 20, 2017 ‘anb’ CHANDER SHEKHAR, J W.P. (C) 1327 of 2017 Page 2 of 2