2017 (7) TMI 1097

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....IONER : SRI. PERCY PARDIWALA, SR. COUNSEL FOR SRI. T. SURYANARAYANA, ADV. ORDER 1. The petitioner-company M/s.Google India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, is aggrieved by the interlocutory stay order dated 22.03.2017 passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ('the Tribunal' for short), 'B' Bench, Bengaluru, for the Assessment year 2012-13, whereby, the learned Tribunal has directed in paragraph-18 o....

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....id not accept and thereupon, discussing the rival contentions and the aspects relevant for grant of interim relief like prima-facie case, balance of convenience and irreparable loss etc., the Bench of Tribunal had directed in paragraph-18 to deposit 50% of the total tax demand in the manner indicated above. 3. The learned Senior counsel Mr.Pardiwala also sought to urge contentions on the merits....

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....ing appeals expeditiously, preferably within a period of six months from today. 5. On the question of direction of the learned Tribunal to deposit 50% of the total tax demand, the learned Senior counsel fairly submits that the petitioner-company should be allowed to abide by the suggestion of the Bench of Tribunal as stated in paragraph-5 of the impugned order and the petitioner-company would b....

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....aid submission of the learned Senior counsel for the petitioner-company can be accepted even at this stage, coupled with the aforesaid request made to the learned Tribunal to decide the present appeal as well as the connected appeals expeditiously. 7. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of with a slight notification of the direction given in paragraph-18 of the impugned order dated 22.0....