Question : PROSECUTION OF IT RELATED CASES



(a) the number of cases of prosecution launched in view of violation of Income Tax Act provision during the last three years, commissionerate-wise;

(b) the number of cases of prosecution decided during the last three years, commissionerate-wise; and

(c) the details of defaulters or tax evaders sent behind bar by the court during the last three years, commissionerate-wise?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI S.S. PALANIMANICKAM)

(a) The number of cases of prosecution launched in view of violation of Income Tax Act provision during the last three years, in each Chief Commissioner of Income-tax (Cadre Controlling Authority) region is as under:-

S.No.	Region	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
1 Ahmedabad 8 38 - 2 Bangalore 3 - - 3 Bhopal - — - 4 Bhubaneshwar - - - 5 Chennai — 15 — 6 Delhi — — 1 7 Guwahati 22 19 — 8 Hyderabad — — - 9 Jaipur — — 40 10 Kanpur — 8 - 11 Kochi — 8 - 12 Kolkata - 176 — 13 Lucknow — - 28 14 Mumbai 3 — 1 15 Nagpur - - - 16 NWR - 16 3 17 Patna 61 46 - 18 Pune 6 — -
TOTAL 103 326 73

(b)The number of cases of prosecution decided during the last three years by Courts in each Chief Commissioner of Income —tax (Cadre Controlling Authority) region is as under:-
S.No.	Region	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
1 Ahmedabad 3 - - 2 Bangalore 6 - - 3 Bhopal - — - 4 Bhubaneshwar 6 - - 5 Chennai — - — 6 Delhi 62 22 30 7 Guwahati 1 - — 8 Hyderabad — — - 9 Jaipur — 9 - 10 Kanpur — - 1 11 Kochi — - - 12 Kolkata - 1 5 13 Lucknow — - - 14 Mumbai - — 1 15 Nagpur - - - 16 NWR - - 2 17 Patna - 9 2 18 Pune 2 — -
TOTAL 80 41 41

c) The number of conviction orders passed by Courts during the last three years in each Chief Commissioner of Income -tax (Cadre Controlling Authority) region is as under:-
S.No.	Region	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
1 Ahmedabad - - - 2 Bangalore - - - 3 Bhopal - — - 4 Bhubaneshwar - - - 5 Chennai — - — 6 Delhi — — - 7 Guwahati 1 - — 8 Hyderabad — — - 9 Jaipur — 1 - 10 Kanpur — - 1 11 Kochi — - - 12 Kolkata - - — 13 Lucknow — - - 14 Mumbai - — - 15 Nagpur - - - 16 NWR - - - 17 Patna - - 1 18 Pune - — -
TOTAL 1 1 2