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In tax dispute over judges’ benefits, Delhi High Court orders halt to processing their ITRs
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The Indian Express
The Delhi HC Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta was hearing a dispute over taxing the allowances of judges.
The New Tax Regime, introduced under Section 115BAC of The Income Tax Act from Assessment Year 2021-22, offers lower tax rates in exchange for far fewer deductions.
The Income Tax Department, however, moved an application before the Delhi HC on August 5 seeking modification of the July 22 order.
It said that returns are processed automatically within minutes of filing, and there was no way to separately flag judges’ returns at its processing centres.
This meant full compliance would require halting the processing of all returns filed nationwide, running into crores.