Vide order dated 23.01.2012 passed in pursuance of the consultations of the collegium of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal consisting of the President and two senior-most Vice Presidents, Shri D K Srivastava, Accountant Member, Income tax Appellate Tribunal, Chandigarh Benches, Chandigarh has been transferred in public interest, in the same capacity to the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Rajkot Bench, Rajkot with effect from the forenoon of 6th February 2012.

5 Accountant Members and 8 Judicial Members were administered oath of office on Monday 23.01.2012 in Court Room No 1 in Mumbai by Shri G.E. Veerabhadrappa, Hon’ble President who welcomed them to the ITAT Family. They are

Accountant Members

1. Jason P. Boaz,
2. Tarvinder Singh Kapoor,
3. Anil Chaturvedi,
4. Narendra Kumar Billaiya and
5. Tej Ram Meena

Judicial Members

1. Chandra Mohan Gupta,
2. Saktijit Dey,
3. C.N. Prasad,
4. Amit Shukla,
5. Vikas Awasthy,
6. Satbeer Singh Godara,
7. Kul Bharat
8. Vivek Varma.

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

In pursuance of the consultations of the collegium of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal consisting of the President and two senior-most Vice-Presidents, the following Members of the Tribunal are hereby transferred in public interest in the same capacity, to the Bench/es of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal as shown against their names with effect from 06.02.2012.

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

Vide Order No. 17 of 2012 dated 19.01.2012 the CBDT has stated that three IRS officers have been selected as Accountant Members of the Tribunal and that their services are placed at the disposal of the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice, with effect from the date of assumption of charge or until further orders

We are pleased to announce that Hon’ble Shri. G. E. Veerabhadrappa has been appointed the officiating President of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal with effect from 14.10.2011.

Shri Veerabhadrappa is a Chartered Accountant and has practiced for nearly 15 years before joining the Tribunal 16.8.1990. He was elevated to the post of Vice President on 7.1.2005.

Shri Veerabhadrappa has rich administrative experience in the working of the Tribunal, having been posted in diverse locations such as Indore, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi. He has been a party to several landmark judgement such as DCIT vs. Oman International Bank 100 ITD 285 (SB), Concept Creations vs. ACIT 120 ITR 19 (Del) (SB), Y. Subbaraju vs. ACIT 91 ITD 118 (Bang) (SB) etc.

We wish Shri Veerabhadrappa good luck in his new posting

We are pleased to announce that Hon’ble Shri. R. V. Easwar, President, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, has been appointed Judge of the Delhi High Court. Shri. Easwar is scheduled to take oath on 17.10.2011.

Shri Easwar has qualified as a Lawyer (LLM) and as a Chartered Accountant. He practiced as a Lawyer in Chennai till his appointment as Judicial Member on 11.11.1991. On 07.01.2005 Shri Easwar was elevated to the post of Vice President. On 04.06.2010, he was elevated to the post of Senior Vice President and finally became the President of the Tribunal on 4.6.2010.

In the course of his distinguished career in the Tribunal, Shri. Easwar has been a party to several landmark judgements, some of them being ITO vs. Sak Soft Ltd 121 TTJ (Che) (SB) 865 (s. 10B), Aarthi Shenoy vs. JCIT 75 ITD 100 (Bang) (SB) (capital gains), Surendra Engineering vs. ACIT 86 ITD 121 (Mum)(SB) (80HHC), Cadell Weaving Mills vs. ACIT 80 ITD 79 (Mum) (SB) (115J) etc.

In honour of Shri. Easwar‘s elevation as High Court Judge, a Full Court Farewell function was held today, 14.10.2011. The function was organized by the Tribunal and the Bar Association.

The Chairman of the function was Hon’ble Shri G. E. Veerabhadrappa, Vice President. The other legal luminaries who addressed the gathering were Hon’ble Shri. D. Manmohan, Vice President, ITAT, Dr. K Shivaram, President, ITAT Bar Association, Shri. Arvind H. Dalal, Past President, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Shri. Pavan Kumar Ved, CIT-DR, Shri. S. E Dastur, Past President, ITAT Bar Association and Shri. Dinesh Vyas, Past President, ITAT Bar Association.

All dignitaries paid rich tribute to Shri. Easwar for his stellar contribution to the cause of justice.

A detailed note of the proceedings including the transcript of the speeches will be posted shortly.

We wish Shri. Easwar good luck in his new posting

In pursuance of the consultations of the collegium of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal consisting of the President and two senior-most Vice-Presidents, the following Members of the Tribunal are hereby transferred in public interest, (except Serial Nos. 1 & 8 )* in the same capacity, to the Bench/es of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal as shown against their names with effect from 12.09.2011

*The Hon’ble Members at Sr. Nos. 1 & 8 are being transferred at their own request

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

In pursuance of the consultations of the collegiums of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal consisting of the President and two senior-most Vice Presidents, Smt. Diva Singh, Judicial Member, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Kolkata Benches, Kolkata is hereby transferred in the same capacity to the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Benches, New Delhi with effect from the forenoon of 20th May, 2011 for a period of one year.

2. On expiry of a period of one year from the date of joining at Delhi, she will report back at Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Kolkata Benches, Kolkata, unless otherwise directed by the Competent Authority.

We wish the Hon’ble Member good luck in her new postings.

In pursuance of the consultations of the collegium of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal consisting of the President and two senior-most Vice-Presidents, the following Members of the Tribunal are hereby transferred in public interest, in the same capacity, to the Bench/es of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal as shown against their names

While Hon’ble Shri B.K. Haldar is transferred with effect from 18th April 2011, Hon’ble Shri. Narendra S. Saini & Shri A.K. Garodia are transferred with effect from 25th April 2011.

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

Vide order dated 22.3.2011 passed in pursuance of the consultation of the collegium of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal consisting of the President and two senior-most Vice Presidents, Shri S.V. Mehrotra, Accountant Member, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, Mumbai has been transferred, in public interest, in the same capacity to the Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal at Kolkata with effect from the forenoon of 18th April, 2011.

We wish the Hon’ble Member good luck in his new posting.