Lok Sabha Question No. 3685 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-09
Subject: Income Tax Appellate Tribunals
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: M. CHANDRAKASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE

## DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

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## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3685

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 9 th AUGUST, 2017

## INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNALS

3685:

SHRI M. CHANDRAKASI:

Will the Minister of LAW & JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of pending cases in Income Tax Appellate Tribunals as on date, State/UTwise;
- (b) the trend observed from the number of pending cases in the Income Tax Appellate Tribunals over the period of last three years; and
- (c) the steps being taken to bring down pendency and the time taken for disposal of such cases?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) The jurisdiction of the Benches of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) is over one or more states/UTs.  Hence, the Bench-wise details of pending cases in ITAT as on 01.07.2017 are enclosed as Annexure.
- (b) The details of pendency before ITAT over the period of last three years are as under:-
- (c) The steps taken to bring down pendency in ITAT, inter alia , include (i) appointment of 45  new  Members  (Judicial/Accountant)  in  the  ITAT  from  the  year  2015,  (ii) hearing  of appeals  in ITAT  through  e-courts  i.e.  video  conferencing,  and  (iii) identification of covered/similar matters so that the same can be bunched and disposed of quickly.

|   S. No. | As on date   | Pendency   |
|----------|--------------|------------|
|        1 | 01.04.2015   | 1,03,238   |
|        2 | 01.04.2016   | 91,971     |
|        3 | 01.04.2017   | 92,386     |

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## Pendency before Income Tax Appellate Tribunal as on 01.07.2017

| S. No.       | Benches             | Pendency        |
|--------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|              | Mumbai Zone         | Mumbai Zone     |
| 1.           | Mumbai Benches      | 18365           |
| 2.           | Pune Bench          | 6539            |
| 3.           | Nagpur Bench        | 932             |
| 4.           | Raipur Bench        | 1088            |
| 5.           | Panaji Bench        | 262             |
|              | Delhi Zone          | Delhi Zone      |
| 6.           | Delhi Benches       | 21671           |
| 7.           | Agra Bench          | 1047            |
|              | Lucknow Zone        | Lucknow Zone    |
| 8.           | Lucknow Benches     | 823             |
| 9.           | Allahabad Bench     | 688             |
| 10.          | Jabalpur Bench      | 630             |
|              | Kolkata Zone        | Kolkata Zone    |
| 11.          | Kolkata Benches     | 5609            |
| 12.          | Patna Bench         | 482             |
| 13.          | Cuttack Bench       | 1124            |
| 14.          | Guwahati Bench      | 373             |
| 15.          | Ranchi Bench        | 670             |
| Chennai Zone | Chennai Zone        | Chennai Zone    |
| 16.          | Chennai Benches     | 3218            |
|              | Bangalore Zone      | Bangalore Zone  |
| 17.          | Bangalore Benches   | 4427            |
| 18.          | Cochin Bench        | 838             |
|              | Ahmedabad Zone      | Ahmedabad Zone  |
| 19.          | Ahmedabad Benches   | 12065           |
| 20.          | Indore Bench        | 1774            |
| 21.          | Rajkot Bench        | 1913            |
|              | Hyderabad Zone      | Hyderabad Zone  |
| 22.          | Hyderabad Benches   | 3303            |
| 23.          | Visakhapatnam Bench | 1196            |
|              | Chandigarh Zone     | Chandigarh Zone |
| 24.          | Chandigarh Benches  | 2237            |
| 25.          | Amritsar Bench      | 1320            |
| 26.          | Jaipur Bench        | 1344            |
| 27.          | Jodhpur Bench       | 543             |
| Total        |                     | 94481           |

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