Court Allows 80-Day Tax Filing Delay for Doctor on COVID Duty, Citing Personal Hardships and Pandemic Challenges.

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....The High Court held that the delay of 80 days in filing the Return of Income should be condoned as the petitioner faced genuine hardship due to valid reasons arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The petitioner, a doctor on COVID-19 duty, lost her father to COVID-19, and her family members were also affected. The valuation of land for computing capital gains could not be completed timely as the valuer, a senior citizen, could not conduct physical verification until mid-February 2021 due to the pandemic situation. The court observed that technicalities should not override genuine human problems preventing timely compliance. The reasons provided by the tax authority for rejecting the condonation plea, such as the petitioner being an educated pe.........