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Elephant in the Room Syndrome: Large Pendency of Appeals before CIT(Appeals)

Friends, in a very recent judgement dated October 15, 2024, in the case of ‘Om Vision Infraspace Pvt Ltd vs. ITO’, in R/Special Application Nos. 6953 of 2020, 16617 of 2023 and 2692/6725/14309 of 2024, the hon’ble Gujarat High Court has highlighted the syndrome of a very big elephant roaming in the room, in the form of a grave and serious problem of pendency of around 5.80 lakhs appeals for disposal, before the CIT (Appeals), with majority of the pendency before the faceless hierarchy.

Pendency of Appeals before CIT(Appeals) as on 26.09.2024