Hon’ble Shri. Mansoor Ahmed Bakshi, Vice President, Mumbai Bench, retired on 2nd September 2009. In his honour, the Bar Association arranged a Full Court reference on 2nd September. A few pictures taken on the occasion are available here.

Shri. Bakshi, BA, LLB, practiced as an advocate / tax consultant for 19 years in the Jammu & Kashmir High Court prior to his elevation to the Bench on 29th June 1989. Apart from the Mumbai Bench, Shri. Bakshi has served as Vice President of the Ahmedabad, Kolkota and Chandigarh Benches of the Tribunal.

Shri. Bakshi has been party to several landmark orders such as Petroleum India International 71 ITD 31 (Mum) (SB), Dewan Chand 98 ITD 200 (Chd) (SB) and Glaxo Simthkline 107 ITD 343 (Chd) (SB).

We wish the Hon’ble Member good luck in his future endeavors.

See Also: The Art of Writing Judgments by Hon’ble Shri. M. A. Bakshi

Hon’ble Shri. M. K. Chaturvedi, JM, Vice-President, Chennai Zone has been appointed administrative Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Guwahati Bench.

Hon’ble Shri. Chaturvedi has been party to several landmark judgements such as Walkeshwar Triveni 88 ITD 159 (Mum) (SB), Kwality Milk Foods 100 ITD 199 (Che) (SB), Rogini Garments 108 ITD 49 (Che) (SB) among others.

To fill the vacancy, Hon’ble Shri. Pradeep Parikh, AM, Vice-President, ITAT, Hyderabad Zone has been transferred to the Chennai Bench in the same capacity. Shri. P. P. Parikh practiced as a Chartered Accountant in Ahmedabad from 1975 to 1994 till his elevation to the Bench on 24.05.1994. Shri. Parikh has been party to several landmark judgements such as R. M. Valliappan 103 ITD 63 (Che) (SB), Narang Hotels 74 ITD 190 (Mum) (SB), Smt. Mahesh Batra 95 ITD 152 (Asr) (SB) among others.

We wish both Hon’ble Members good luck in their new postings.

See Also: Conduct on and off the Bench by Hon’ble Shri. Pradeep Parikh and Pearls of Wisdom – a study of legal maxims by Hon’ble Shri. M. K. Chaturvedi

The Direct Taxes Code Bill 2009 & Discussion Paper released by the Ministry of Finance today is available:

  Direct__Taxes_Code_Bill_2009.pdf (629.3 KiB, 2,433 hits)

  Direct__Taxes_Code_Bill_2009_Discussion_Paper.pdf (200.6 KiB, 1,771 hits)

Briefly, the salient features of the Direct Taxes Code 2009 are as under:-

(a) Single Code for direct taxes: All the direct taxes have been brought under a single Code and compliance procedures unified. This will eventually pave the way for a single unified taxpayer reporting system.

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Hon’ble Shri R. P. Garg, Sr. Vice President, Delhi Bench has retired. A Full Court reference in his honour was held by the Delhi Bench of the Tribunal on 6th August 2009. Shri. Garg has been party to several landmark judgements such as ABN AMRO 97 ITD 89 (Cal) (SB), Gujarat Gas 115 ITD 218 (Ahd) (SB), Ashima Syntex 100 ITD 247 (Ahd) (SB) among others. We wish the Hon’ble Member good luck in his new endeavours.

The following Order is available:

  Order No. 111 of 2009 dated 30.07.2009 issued by Ministry of Finance making local postings / transfers of CITs / DITs (157.8 KiB, 1,195 hits)

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