COURT ORDERS
DESCRIPTION
* Assessing authority is justified in insisting upon production of books of accounts before supplying certified copies of seized documents.
* Assessing authority authority in justified in passing ex-parte assessment order due to non-production of books of accounts by the dealer for examination of the same with reference to the seized documents.
* All ex-party orders need not be set aside by higher court/ authority for giving further opportunity to the dealer . There are certain cases where if ex-parte orders are set aside to give an opportunity of hearing to the aggrieved parties, that may be amount to granting a boon to such parties , as they would be able to achieve their unholy purpose and in that case the very purpose of passing ex-parte order become in frustrated.
* If the high court is called upon to decide the legality of an order of assessment on its own merit , it would be a futile exercise to relegate the petitioner – dealer to approach the statutory appellate authority after high court deciding the case on merit