In Brief
The Supreme Court granted special leave to appeal against a High Court order in an income tax matter. The Court condoned the delay in filing the petition and exempted the petitioner from the requirement of filing a certified copy of the impugned order. The petition, arising from a High Court decision dated 2 February 2017 in an Income Tax Appeal, was admitted and tagged with Civil Appeal No. 9250 of 2015 for consolidated consideration. This is a procedural order permitting substantive appeal rights.
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