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Disclosure of income-tax returns of a politician on the ground that it is necessary for “purity of elections” and “probity in public life” is not possible as it is not in “public interest”

Shailesh Gandhi vs. CIC & Ajit Pawar (Bombay High Court)June 11, 2015 (Date of pronouncement)

(i) In Girish Ramchandra Deshpande Vs. Central Information Commission & Ors(2013) 1 Supreme Court Cases 212 it was held that that the details disclosed by a person in his Income Tax Returns is personal information which has been exempted from disclosure under clause (j) of Section 8(1) of the said Act, unless involved a larger public and the CPIO and or State Public Information Officer or the Appellate Authority is satisfied that the larger public interest justifies the disclosure of such information;

Only payments "in pursuance of a contract" are subject to TDS. Payments made under a legal obligation are not covered

Kapurthala Improvement Trust vs. CIT (ITAT Amritsar)I.T.A. Nos. 40 to 43/Asr/2015  10th day of June 2015

Prior to the amendment to s. 200A w.e.f. 01.06.2015, the fee for default in filing TDS statements cannot be recovered from the assessee-deductor

Sibia Healthcare Private Limited vs. DCIT (ITAT Amritsar)June 9, 2015 (Date of pronouncement)Hon’ble 

Kerala High Court, in the case of Narath Mapila LP School Vs Union of India [WP (C) 31498/2013(J)], Hon’ble Karanataka High Court in the case of Adithya Bizor P Solutions Vs Union of India [WP No. 6918-6938/2014(T-IT), Hon’ble Rajasthan High Court in the case of Om Prakash Dhoot Vs Union of India [WP No. 1981 of 2014] and of Hon’ble Bombay High Court in the case of Rashmikant Kundalia Vs Union of India [WP No. 771 of 2014], had earlier granted stay on the demands raised in respect of fees under section 234E