https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96775 Under section 214, a proposed examinee may apply at once to discharge or vary a document-production direction without first disobeying it and risking committal or attachment. The Court distinguished objections to questions from objections to production orders, and treated immediate challenge as the proper course. It also held that the power to require books and papers must be exercised cautiously: an order compelling production of a large class of documents was premature and oppressive where relevance and privilege had not yet been worked out and the proper scope of production could be identified after examination began. The production requirement was discharged to that extent, with costs. en-us Wed, 13 Jul 1938 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:49:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96775 Under section 214, a proposed examinee may apply at once to discharge or vary a document-production direction without first disobeying it and risking committal or attachment. The Court distinguished objections to questions from objections to production orders, and treated immediate challenge as the proper course. It also held that the power to require books and papers must be exercised cautiously: an order compelling production of a large class of documents was premature and oppressive where relevance and privilege had not yet been worked out and the proper scope of production could be identified after examination began. The production requirement was discharged to that extent, with costs. Case-Laws Companies Law Wed, 13 Jul 1938 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=96775