https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=403821 A writ petition seeking directions to income tax and other authorities to investigate and prosecute alleged benami and tax-related real-estate transactions was held not entertainable where the controversy involved disputed questions of fact already pending in a civil suit. The Court noted that evidence, pleadings and cross-examination were available in the civil proceedings, and declined to conduct a parallel factual enquiry in writ jurisdiction. It found no basis to draw adverse inference against the official respondents and held that the petition was being used to bolster the civil suit, amounting to abuse of process. The writ petition was dismissed at the admission stage. en-us Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 09 Feb 2021 10:19:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=403821 A writ petition seeking directions to income tax and other authorities to investigate and prosecute alleged benami and tax-related real-estate transactions was held not entertainable where the controversy involved disputed questions of fact already pending in a civil suit. The Court noted that evidence, pleadings and cross-examination were available in the civil proceedings, and declined to conduct a parallel factual enquiry in writ jurisdiction. It found no basis to draw adverse inference against the official respondents and held that the petition was being used to bolster the civil suit, amounting to abuse of process. The writ petition was dismissed at the admission stage. Case-Laws Benami Property Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=403821