Thereโ€™s an angel and a devil in every #appeal ๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿ˜ˆ

The angel says, โ€œYouโ€™ve already gone through adjudication. Now let the #AppellateAuthority decide the matter.โ€

The devil says, โ€œWhy not send it back to the same authority and start all over again?โ€

But Section 107(11) has something to say about that.

The #CalcuttaHighCourt has held that the Appellate Authority can confirm, modify or annul the order. It may conduct further inquiry where necessary but #remand is not one of the powers provided under the provision โŒ

And honestly, this is more than a procedural technicality.

For a #taxpayer, a remand can mean another round of proceedings, another set of submissions and sometimes, another long waitโ€ฆ

So the question is not merely โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ?โ€

Sometimes, it is:
โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ?โ€

That is why understanding the limits of #StatutoryPowers matters just as much as understanding the #Tax demand itself.

The #Court has set aside the remand and directed the Appellate Authority to reconsider the appeal based on its existing findings.

In #Litigation, knowing the boundaries of the battlefield is half the battle โš–๏ธ

๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ – ๐˜”/๐˜ด. ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด & ๐˜–๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ๐˜ท. ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ญ & ๐˜–๐˜ณ๐˜ด., ๐˜ž๐˜—๐˜ˆ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ. 2357 ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 2025, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ 9 ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ 2026.

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Co-Founder Partner | Head of Indirect Tax Advisory GGSH & Co. LLP

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