2021 (9) TMI 1142

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....1142 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT - TMI<br>KARNATAKA HIGH COURT - HC (Judgement / Order / Decisions)<br>Dated:- 31-7-2021<br>WRIT PETITION NO.5004 OF 2021 (T-IT) - -<br>Income Tax<br>MR.&nbsp;KRISHNA S.DIXIT, J. Petitioner By: Smt. Lakshmi Menon, Advocate Respondents By: Sri.K.V. Aravind, Advocate ORDER Petitioner is knocking at the doors of writ court essentially for two prayers namely: ....

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....ment of copies of documents are concerned, it is a matter of law and if petitioner makes an appropriate application in the prescribed form to the competent authority, the same will be considered in accordance with law; however, prima facie there is impediment for entertaining the said prayer since those documents may fall within the conspectus of privacy of some other person/assessee; so contendin....

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....may be laid in accordance with law. (b) Petitioner has sought for certain information/documents from the hands of answering respondents; the contention of the Revenue that petitioner being a third person cannot be furnished with the same, is bit difficult to countenance; statutory scheme provides for grant of information subject to privacy issue, cannot be disputed; the person who seeks i....