https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=351478 An appellate authority retains jurisdiction to consider a stay petition on merits where appeals against assessment orders are pending. The court noted that there is no estoppel against an assessee seeking stay pending appeal, and that a stay request containing grounds and submissions must be examined rather than declined without consideration. Although repeated approaches to different forums amounted to forum shopping, that conduct did not justify refusal by the authority vested with jurisdiction over the appeals. The impugned communication was therefore interfered with and the matter directed to be reconsidered afresh after hearing the assessee. en-us Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 25 Nov 2017 08:07:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=351478 An appellate authority retains jurisdiction to consider a stay petition on merits where appeals against assessment orders are pending. The court noted that there is no estoppel against an assessee seeking stay pending appeal, and that a stay request containing grounds and submissions must be examined rather than declined without consideration. Although repeated approaches to different forums amounted to forum shopping, that conduct did not justify refusal by the authority vested with jurisdiction over the appeals. The impugned communication was therefore interfered with and the matter directed to be reconsidered afresh after hearing the assessee. Case-Laws Income Tax Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=351478