Shivangi Agarwal v. Commissioner Of Income Tax (Appeals) & Ors

WPO/160/2025 IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION ORIGINAL SIDE Shivangi Agarwal Versus Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) & Ors. Before: The Hon’ble Justice RAJA BASU CHOWDHURY Date: 15[th] May 2025 Appearance: Ms. Swapna Das, Advocate Mr. Siddharth Das, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Amit Sharma, Advocate for the respondents The Court: 1. The instant writ petitioner has been filed inter alia praying for a direction upon the respondent no.1 to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner on 28[th] February 2022 under section 264A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”) in respect of the assessment year 2018-19 from an order passed under section 143(3) read with section 144B of the said Act dated 19[th] April 2021 on expeditious basis. 2. Having heard the learned advocates appearing for the respective parties and noting that the appeal is pending since 28[th]February 2022, I am of the view that the respondent no.1 should take expeditious steps to dispose of the appeal preferably within a period of 16 weeks from the date of communication of this order. 3. The instant writ petition is accordingly disposed of. (RAJA BASU CHOWDHURY, J.) R. Bose