I-T dept starts drive to dispose of appeals, 0.54 million at last count
As many as 5,44,205 appeals were pending resolution with the Income Tax (IT) Department at commissioner (appeals) level as of January 31 this year, and 63,246 at various Income Tax Appellate Tribunals (ITATs), High Courts, and the Supreme Court, FE has learnt.
To be precise, the cases pending in ITATs were 20,266 High Courts, 37,436; and Supreme Court 5,544.