Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 22: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said on Tuesday that special benches will be set up from next week in the Supreme Court for hearing tax matters.
“There will be a special bench from next week onwards on Wednesdays and Fridays to deal with direct and indirect sales tax matters solely,” the CJI said.
Justice Chandrachud had commended V Lakshmikumaran, founding partner of tax law firm Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, last year in October, when the latter suggested that the constitution of a tax bench will go a long way in easing the pendency of tax cases before the top court.
“That is an excellent suggestion. I will mention it to the Hon’ble CJI today,” Justice Chandrachud who was then the third senior most judge had said.
CJI at the time was Justice NV Ramana.
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The 2015 creation of a tax bench comprised of Justices AK Sikri and Rohinton Nariman resulted in the delivery of more than 800 decisions. This bench, which sat during 2015-16, had met with favourable reviews from the Bar for the speed and quality of justice dispensation. Later, it was dissolved.
