2017 (4) TMI 1061

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.... JJ. Mr. G.S.Godbole i/b. Ms.Shruti Tulpule and Mr.Kaustubh Thipsay for the Applicant / Appellant Mr. Sham V. Walve for the Respondent ORDER P. C. 1. These five Notices of Motion seek condonation of 484 days delay in filing the five appeals to this Court from the Common Order dated 20th February, 2015 passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ("the Tribunal"). The impugned order d....

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....rwarded was somehow under the impression that since the amount under dispute had already been deposited under protest there is no urgency in filing the appeal. The then CFO left the job of the applicant Company in February, 2016. The present CFO while reviewing all pending matters under the Income Tax Act, 1961 ("the Act") in the last week of June, 2016 realised that the appeals had not been filed....

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....nce of the state of mind of the former CFO. The present affidavit filed by the Director claims that the present CFO realised that all the appeals have not been filed while reviewing pending Income Tax matters in June, 2016 However, he has also not filed any affidavit in support of the appeal. 5. Moreover, according to the affidavit in support, the draft memo of appeal was already prepared in Ju....