Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Bar Association And Anr v. Union Of India And Others

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAYORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION PILWRIT PETITION NO. 2651 OF 2003 Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Bar AssociationAnd Anr.versusUnion of India and others ...Petitioners ..Respondents WITH PIL WRIT PETITION NO. 2652 OF 2003 The Chamber of Income Tax Consultants & Ors.versusUnion of India and others ...Petitioners ..Respondents WITH PIL WRIT PETITION NO. 2792 OF 2003 P.C. Joshi versusUnion of India and others ...Petitioner..Respondents Mr. Paras Savala with Dr. K. Shivram for Petitioners.Mr. M.S. Bhardwaj with Mr. N.R. Prajapati for Union of India. CORAM : F.I. REBELLO & A. A. SAYED , JJ. DATED : 7TH APRIL, 2010. P.C. 1 The petitions were filed to challenge the Ordinance whereby amendment was sought to be made to the Income Tax Act by Ordinance 2003. That Ordinance has since been replaced by regular amendment to the Act itself by an Act of Parliament. That is the subject matter of the petition pending before Hon’ble Supreme Court. 2 As Ordinance has been replaced by the Act no relief as prayed for in the present petition can be granted. However, considering that the Supreme Court is seized of the matter and the relief as prayed for cannot be granted, petitions are disposed of as infructuous. (F.I. REBELLO J.) ( A. A. SAYED, J.)