https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=400521 Subordinate criminal courts can act only within statutory authority, and no inherent power under the Code of Criminal Procedure permits them to direct a status report or action taken report from the Income Tax Department in a tax evasion petition absent a supporting provision. The Delhi HC found that the ACMM had no identified legal source for requiring disclosure of ongoing investigative details to the complainant under the governing tax and criminal law framework. The impugned orders were therefore treated as having been made without jurisdiction and were set aside. en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 24 Dec 2020 17:22:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=400521 Subordinate criminal courts can act only within statutory authority, and no inherent power under the Code of Criminal Procedure permits them to direct a status report or action taken report from the Income Tax Department in a tax evasion petition absent a supporting provision. The Delhi HC found that the ACMM had no identified legal source for requiring disclosure of ongoing investigative details to the complainant under the governing tax and criminal law framework. The impugned orders were therefore treated as having been made without jurisdiction and were set aside. Case-Laws Income Tax Fri, 06 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=400521