https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172761 Where a statutory appellate remedy is available and the dispute turns on contested facts requiring examination of documents, writ relief is inappropriate until that remedy is exhausted. The assessee had not pursued the appeal under Section 20 of the Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957, so the High Court was correct in insisting on recourse to the appellate forum first. The SC held that the Division Bench should not have interfered with the Single Judge's direction to proceed before the first appellate authority, and restored that order, leaving the merits to be decided in the statutory appeal. en-us Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:49:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172761 Where a statutory appellate remedy is available and the dispute turns on contested facts requiring examination of documents, writ relief is inappropriate until that remedy is exhausted. The assessee had not pursued the appeal under Section 20 of the Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957, so the High Court was correct in insisting on recourse to the appellate forum first. The SC held that the Division Bench should not have interfered with the Single Judge's direction to proceed before the first appellate authority, and restored that order, leaving the merits to be decided in the statutory appeal. Case-Laws VAT and Sales Tax Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172761