Composition of tax Authority clarified; specific judicial, revenue and legal qualifications govern appointments and bench formation. The amendment restructures section 245-O to specify the Authority's composition and appointment qualifications, requiring a Chairman who has been a Supreme Court judge, Vice chairmen who have been High Court judges, senior Indian Revenue Service officers as revenue Members and senior Indian Legal Service officers as law Members; it provides that terms of service and remuneration shall be prescribed, empowers the Central Government to supply officers and employees, enables the Chairman to constitute Benches composed of the Chairman or a Vice chairman with one revenue Member and one law Member, and locates the Authority in the National Capital Territory of Delhi with Benches at notified places.
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Composition of tax Authority clarified; specific judicial, revenue and legal qualifications govern appointments and bench formation.
The amendment restructures section 245-O to specify the Authority's composition and appointment qualifications, requiring a Chairman who has been a Supreme Court judge, Vice chairmen who have been High Court judges, senior Indian Revenue Service officers as revenue Members and senior Indian Legal Service officers as law Members; it provides that terms of service and remuneration shall be prescribed, empowers the Central Government to supply officers and employees, enables the Chairman to constitute Benches composed of the Chairman or a Vice chairman with one revenue Member and one law Member, and locates the Authority in the National Capital Territory of Delhi with Benches at notified places.
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