Vodafone Essare Mobile Services Limited v. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax & Anr

ORDER

28.tt.2011 Mr. N. Venkatraman, Sr. Advocate appearing for the petitioner seeks perrnission to withdraw the present writ petition with liberty to file a fresh writ petition, in which they want to challenge vires of the proviso to Section 201(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 inserted by the Finance (No.2) Act,2009 with effect from l't April, 2010. He further submits that the petitioner should be permitted to raise grounds and contentions, which have been raised in the present writ petition' It is subrnitted that the constitutional validity of the proviso is required to be challenged in view of the decisions of this court in commissioner of Income Tax Vs. NHK Japan Broadcosting Corporution [2008J 305 o Certify that the digital file and physical file have been compared and the digital data is as per the physical file and no page is missing. /.t ITR 137 (Delhi) and commissioner of Income Tsx vs. Hutchison Essar Telecome Ltd., [2010J 323 ITR 230 (Delhi). It is further prayed that the interim order passed by the Court directing that no coercive steps shall be taken may be continued for a period of 15 days to enable the petitioner to file a fresh writ petition' we have heard the statement made by the learned senior counsel. The prayer for withdrawal is accepted and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberfy as prayed for. It is directed that the respondent will not take coercive steps to recover the impugned demand, if any, perlaining to the period mentioned in the writ petition for a period of 15 daYs from todaY' -/7 /u, .lt I L - ll \-'

SANJIV KIIANNA, J. lrul ny-.6..

R.V.bASWAR, J. t NOVEMBER 28,20L1 *o-.

-t. ,+ $-30,31 8.32 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) Nos. 1 87912011, 1880/201 1 & 1 882120t1 VODAFONE ESSARE MOBILE SERVICES LIMITED..... PCtitiONET Through Mr. N. Venkatraman, Sr. Adv' with Ms. Sonia Mathur, Adv. versus ASSIS'TANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX & ANR rhrough Mr.Abhish"LhM'"Lnp":3x*t Standing Counsel with Ms. Anshul Sharma, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KIIANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.V.EASWAR