1982 (3) TMI 48

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....1) of the W.T. Act, 1957 (hereinafter referred to as " the Act "), the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Indore Bench, Indore, has referred the following questions of law to this court for its opinion : " (1) Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the IAC had any jurisdiction to impose penalty u/s. 18(1)(c) of the Wealth-tax Act, 1957, on March 24, 1977, after the amendment of se....

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.... determined her net wealth at Rs. 1,33,205. The WTO also initiated penalty proceedings under s. 18(1)(c) of the Act and referred the case to the IAC. When the penalty proceedings came up for consideration before the IAC, he found that the assessee had committed default for the two assessment years in question in terms of the Explanation to s. 18(1)(c) of the Act and accordingly penalties were impo....

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.... an order dated 20th of March, 1981, this court directed the Appellate Tribunal to send a supplementary statement of the case and to state the date on which the matter regarding the imposition of penalty was referred by the WTO to the IAC in the instant case. In pursuance of this order, supplementary statement of the case has been received and it has been stated therein that the references were ma....

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....ayment by way of penalty without the previous approval of the Inspecting Assistant Commissioner." Thus, from 1st April, 1976, the IAC has no jurisdiction to impose penalty. While considering similar provisions in the I.T. Act, 1961, Division Bench of this court in CIT v. A. N. Tiwari [1981] 124 ITR 680, held that what was important to see was whether the reference was validly made to the IAC an....