TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2010 (8) TMI 462
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....ondents to return of documents, foreign currencies and things sought for vide petitioner's Application dated 30-11-2009, and placed as Annexure-B and further application dated 12-4-2010 placed as Annexure-F, to the writ petition and pass such other orders as may be deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. (c) Any other relief which is suitable and necessary in the circumstances of this case be granted.' 2. The main grievance ventilated in this petition is that the officials of the Directorate of Enforcement, Ahmedabad, during the course of search of the office premises of the petitioner on 17-11-2009 have seized various documents/articles. Vide application dated 30-11-2009, the petitione....
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....) Original DRT Papers for case pertaining to M/s. Platinum Corporation Ltd. (12) Photo copy of telephone diary of Mr. Pranav Amratlal. 3. Subsequently the petitioner also issued a legal notice to the respondent No. 2, through its Counsel. Thereafter, repeated requests were made to the respondents to return the said documents, however, the same have not been returned, causing serious prejudice to the petitioner. 4.In response to the petition, the respondents have filed affidavits-in-reply dated 22-1-2010 as well as 27-7-2010. In paragraph No. 5 of the affidavit-in-reply dated 27-7-2010, it is categorically averred that as per administrative instructions necessary approval is required to be taken from the Headquarters Offi....
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....0, the respondents have expressed reservations regarding returning the same on the ground that the same are required for related investigation. 8. Thus, in principle the respondents have agreed to return the articles/documents enumerated at serial No. 1, 2, 4, 6 and 11 in original. But, it appears that the respondents have still not received approval from the Headquarters Office. Learned Counsel for the respondents in not in a position to state as to within what period of time such approval is likely to be received. In the circumstances, the petitioner cannot be made to wait endlessly for return of the said documents/articles. This Court is, therefore, of the view that the ends of justice would be met if the respondents are directed t....