<h1>Income Tax Department warned against filing repeat appeals in already-decided cases to prevent docket explosion.</h1> The Supreme Court censured the Income Tax Department for repeatedly filing Special Leave Petitions after earlier dismissals based on existing precedent, finding such repeat appeals cause docket expansion, increase judicial pendency, and waste judicial time; the court urged the department to adopt a coherent litigation policy and comply with its internal circulars to prevent frivolous filings.