Delhi High Court orders judges to email PAN details by 18 August
This matter concerns a dispute over the taxability of judicial allowances, where the Income-Tax Department sought modification of a previous order to facilitate the processing of income tax returns for all assessees, including judges.
Petitioner: Delhi Tax Bar Association; Respondents: Union of India and Income-Tax Department; Bench: Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta (Delhi High Court).
- Ordered Private Secretaries of Hon'ble Judges to email specific details (Name, Assessment Year, PAN, Date of filing, Acknowledgment Number) to the Income-Tax Department by 18.08.2026.
- Directed respondents not to process returns of judges for whom such intimation is received.
- Ordered that if a judge files a return after this order, details must be sent within 12 hours of filing.
- Ordered that any demand raised on judges' returns be kept in abeyance pending adjudication of the writ petition.
- Ordered that any refundable amount shall not be refunded, and if already refunded, it remains subject to the outcome of the petition.
- Disposed of the modification application and listed the main writ petition for 03.09.2026.
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| Official title | Delhi High Court Asks Supreme Court, High Court Judges To Share PAN Details Amid Dispute Over Taxability Of Judicial Allowance |
| Source body | Supreme Court of India — orders & judgments |
| Reference number | Delhi Tax Bar Association Through Its Secretary K G Bansal v. Union of India & Anr. Case Number : W.P.(C) 9365/2026 Click here to read orde |
| Status | closed (order) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Closing date | — |
| Documents | 1 |