{"id":203523,"date":"2007-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/pepsico-india-holdings-vs-state-of-kerala-on-15-november-2007"},"modified":"2017-04-13T03:58:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T22:28:18","slug":"pepsico-india-holdings-vs-state-of-kerala-on-15-november-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/pepsico-india-holdings-vs-state-of-kerala-on-15-november-2007","title":{"rendered":"Pepsico India Holdings &#8230; vs State Of Kerala on 15 November, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Pepsico India Holdings &#8230; vs State Of Kerala on 15 November, 2007<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 33703 of 2007(K)\n\n\n1. PEPSICO INDIA HOLDINGS PVT.LIMITED,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, SQUAD NO.III,\n\n3. THE MANAGER, CITIBANK N.A., RAVIS\n\n4. THE AGRICULTURAL INCOME TAX AND\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.A.K.JAYASANKAR NAMBIAR\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN\n\n Dated :15\/11\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                           S. SIRI JAGAN, J.\n\n                     --------------------------------\n\n                     W.P.(C)No.33703 OF 2007\n\n                   -----------------------------------\n\n                Dated this the 15th day of November, 2007\n\n\n                               JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>      Orders have been passed under the Kerala Value Added Tax<\/p>\n<p>Act, 2003 imposing penalty on the petitioner.  Against the same,<\/p>\n<p>the   petitioner   has   approached   the   Appellate   Tribunal   by   filing<\/p>\n<p>Ext.P6   appeal   along   with   Ext.P8   stay   petition.     The   petitioner<\/p>\n<p>apprehends   that   the   2nd  respondent   would   initiate   coercive<\/p>\n<p>recovery   proceedings.     The   petitioner   therefore   seeks   stay   of<\/p>\n<p>recovery   pursuant   to   Ext.P2   order   imposing   penalty,   pending<\/p>\n<p>disposal of the stay petition before the 4th respondent.\n<\/p>\n<p>      2.    I have heard the learned Government pleader also.   I<\/p>\n<p>am   satisfied   that   when   the   petitioner   has   moved   the   4th<\/p>\n<p>respondent   for   stay   before   orders   can   be   passed   in   the   stay<\/p>\n<p>petition,   the   2nd     respondent   shall   not   initiate   coercive<\/p>\n<p>proceedings.\n<\/p>\n<p>      Accordingly, I dispose of this writ petition with a direction to<\/p>\n<p>the   4th  respondent   to   consider   and   pass   appropriate   orders   on<\/p>\n<p>Ext.P8 stay petition submitted by the petitioner within a period of<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">W.P.(c)No.33703\/07                     2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>two   months   from   the   date   of   receipt   of   a   copy   of   this<\/p>\n<p>judgment.     Till   orders   are   passed   and   communicated   to   the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner   on   Ext.P8   stay   petition,   no   coercive   recovery<\/p>\n<p>proceedings   shall   not   be   initiated   against   the   petitioner   for<\/p>\n<p>recovery of the penalty imposed by Ext.P2 order.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                   S. SIRI JAGAN, JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>Acd<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">W.P.(c)No.33703\/07    3<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Pepsico India Holdings &#8230; vs State Of Kerala on 15 November, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 33703 of 2007(K) 1. PEPSICO INDIA HOLDINGS PVT.LIMITED, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE &#8230; Respondent 2. THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, SQUAD NO.III, 3. 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