{"id":83395,"date":"2009-02-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/commissioner-of-wealth-tax-vs-pandit-shanti-sarup-on-10-february-2009"},"modified":"2017-01-26T16:48:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T11:18:18","slug":"commissioner-of-wealth-tax-vs-pandit-shanti-sarup-on-10-february-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/commissioner-of-wealth-tax-vs-pandit-shanti-sarup-on-10-february-2009","title":{"rendered":"Commissioner Of Wealth Tax vs Pandit Shanti Sarup on 10 February, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Commissioner Of Wealth Tax vs Pandit Shanti Sarup on 10 February, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n\n                            CHANDIGARH\n\n                         W.T.A. No. 28 of 2008\n\n                DATE OF DECISION: February 10, 2009\n\nCommissioner of Wealth Tax, Hisar\n\n                                                           ...Appellant\n\n                                Versus\n\nPandit Shanti Sarup\n\n                                                          ...Respondent\n\nCORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR\n\n            HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S. BHALLA\n\nPresent:    Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Standing Counsel for Income Tax,\n            for the appellant.\n\n1.    Whether Reporters of local papers may be\n      allowed to see the judgment?\n2.    To be referred to the Reporters or not?\n3.    Whether the judgment should be reported in\n      the Digest?\n\n\nM.M. KUMAR, J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>            For orders see W.T.A. No. 24 of 2008<\/p>\n<p>                                             (M.M. KUMAR)<br \/>\n                                                JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>                                              (H.S. BHALLA)<br \/>\nFebruary 10, 2009                                 JUDGE<br \/>\nPkapoor\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Commissioner Of Wealth Tax vs Pandit Shanti Sarup on 10 February, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH W.T.A. No. 28 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION: February 10, 2009 Commissioner of Wealth Tax, Hisar &#8230;Appellant Versus Pandit Shanti Sarup &#8230;Respondent CORAM: HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON&#8217;BLE MR. 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