Delhi High Court Imposes Cost On Tax Authorities For Non-Appearance

Delhi High Court Imposes Cost On Tax Authorities For Non-Appearance

The non-appearance and non-filing of the counter affidavit led the Court to impose a cost on the tax authorities

The Delhi High Court imposed a cost of ₹20,000 on the Tax Authorities as they did not appear before the Court in order to file a counter-affidavit.

A Division Bench of the High Court of Delhi, comprising of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and Talwant Singh, dealt with this matter titled M/s Anand And Anand v Union Of India And Ors.

The Court did not go into the facts of the case and purely remarked on the Respondent – Tax Authorities for not appearing before the Court. The Court further noted that the Respondent had not filed the counter-affidavit either.

The bench took the non-appearance and non-filing of the counter affidavit into consideration and imposed a cost on the Respondent – Authorities.

It directed the Respondent – Authorities to deposit a cost of ₹20,000 with the Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA), which will be used for the welfare measures that have been put in place, for advocates, enrolled with it.

The Court thus listed the matter on 25 August 2021 which provided the Respondent – Authorities a period of five weeks to file the counter affidavit on payment of the cost.