High Court Orders Income Tax Department to Refund or Adjust Deposits Under Income Declaration Scheme 2016, Citing Article 265.

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....Refund/adjustment of the amount deposited - The Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 - the respondent Income Tax Department cannot be said to act contrary to its action after accepting the return filed for the assessment year 2015-16 and 2016-17, meaning thereby, that the liability of the writ petitioner of filing return for the aforesaid assessment year is no more and once it is no more, there is no authority of the Income Tax Department to retain the amount and retaining the said amount will be said to be in the teeth of provision of Article 265 of the Constitution of India. - HC....