2019 (5) TMI 1452

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....D I.S. MEHTA JJ. Petitioner Through: Mr. Sachit Jolly, Advocate. Respondents Through: Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Senior Standing Counsel for the Revenue. ORDER CM 10769/2019 (exemption) in W.P.(C) 2315/2019 CM 10771/2019 (exemption) in W.P.(C) 2316/2019 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. W.P.(C) 2315/2019 & CM 10768/2019 (stay) W.P.(C) 2316/2019 & CM 10770/2019 (stay) 2....

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.... 27th March, 2019 and 26th April, 2019. 4. Learned counsel for the Respondents informs the Court that although the Assessing Officer ('AO') has already processed the refund claim, he is unable to issue the refund as a result of a technical glitch. It is stated that the AO has already written to the Director General (Systems) ['DG (Systems)'], New Delhi and is awaiting the response of the DG (Sy....

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.... refund amount under Section 244-A of the Act. With the refund amount running into crore of rupees, the interest amount would obviously be several lacs of rupees, and all of this is coming out of the exchequer needlessly on account of such 'glitches' in the system. 7. The Court has been shown a copy of the order dated 30th April, 2019, passed by the High Court of Bombay in Writ Petition No.1103....