The Director Of Income Tax v. Standard Chartered Bank

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION NOTICE OF MOTION NO.2278 OF 2008IN INTEREST TAX APPEAL (L)NO.14 OF 2007 The Director of Income TaxVs.Standard Chartered Bank ..Appellant ..Respondent Mr.P.S.Sahadevan for the Appellant.Mr.Dinesh Vyas with Mr.P.C.Tripathi for theRespondent. CORAM :- DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN &V.C.DAGA, JJ.DATE : 11TH DECEMBER, 2008 P.C.1.Heard the learned Counsel for the parties. Bythis Notice of Motion, the Appellant is seeking thecondonation of 1045 days’ delay in filing the aboveAppeal.2.Mr.P.S.Sahadevan the learned Counsel appearingon behalf of the Revenue very candidly states thatthough he has filed Vakalatnama and has drafted thepresent Notice of Motion, the Revenue has taken awayall the papers from him and he has no papers withregard to above matter. Mr.Vyas, the learned Counselappearing on behalf of the Assessee states that he hasnot been served neither with the memo of Appeal northe present Notice of Motion till date, though thepresent Appeal has been lodged on 25th June, 2008. 3.In the above, the Appellant is challenging the the aforesaid, number of Appeals have been filed by the Revenue with requisite court fees. present Notice of Motion. Hence, the Notice of Motion stands dismissed. 5.In view of the dismissal of the Notice of Motion, the above Appeal also stands dismissed. 6.The Registry is directed to forward a copy of Compliance report, if submitted, would be highly appreciated. (V.C.DAGA,J.) (DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN,J.) (DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN,J.) (DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN,J.)