Court Reduces Penalty for Tax Officer Misconduct; Improves Department Practices Following Jurisdiction Abuse Case.

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....Reduction of cost imposed on Income Tax officers - they have acted arbitrarily, illegally without jurisdiction, caused harrassment to the petitioner and abused power conferred under the Act, 196 - corrective steps being taken by the respondent-department to improve its working - we reduce the cost from Rs.50 lacs to Rs.5 lacs with the consent of learned counsel for the petitioner and accordingly modify our judgment dated 11.08.2022 in respect of cost only. - HC....