2006 (12) TMI 523

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....Respondent. JUDGMENT This petition seeks a direction to respondent no.3 to release the silver jewellery belonging to the petitioner seized in search operation carried on 20.11.1979 at the business and residential premises of late Shri Lachman Dass. The case of the petitioner is that she is wife of Sham Lal Verma, who was adopted by late Sh.Lachman Dass. On 20.11.79 a search was carried ou....

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....l Verma as according to the petitioner, jewellery belonged to her, filed the present writ petition. In reply filed by respondents, stand taken is that the seized articles were required to be returned to the person from whom the same were seized as per Section 132B(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961( for short "the Act'). Accordingly, the same were returned to Raj Mohinder Pal Verma, who was fou....

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.... and finally on 29.10.1999. The writ petition cannot be entertained to adjudicate a stale claim. Reference may be made to the judgment of Hon'ble the Supreme Court in P.S. Sadasivaswamy Vs. State of Tamil Nadu AIR 1974 Supreme Court 2271, wherein it was observed as under:- "It is not that there is any period of limitation for the Courts to exercise their powers under Article 226 nor is it t....