ITAT Must Consider All Options for Justice in Stay of Demand Requests; Detailed Reasoning Required in Orders.

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....Stay of demand - if the assessee makes a request to grant an absolute stay, the ITAT has to apply its mind to all the possible avenues that are available for the dispensation of justice and If absolute stay is not possible, parameters of conditional stay has to be examined and an appropriate decision has to be taken in the circumstances of the case - a cryptic order passed by the ITAT without assigning valid reasons is not sustainable....