Refusing to accept an undertaking by the Income Tax department that they will seal “non-incriminating” data seized from a lawyer’s office, a division bench of the Gujarat High Court Wednesday said that it would now hear the matter on merits.
The bench of Justices Bhargav Karia and Niral Mehta was dealing with a petition moved by an advocate alleging violation of his fundamental rights, including that for practising his profession and his privacy, after the I-T department conducted a four-day search in November and seized documents and materials from his office and residence.
The bench has expressed concern over the manner in which the raid was conducted and has voiced its objection to the seizure of third party-related documents from a lawyer’s office. The department, on the other hand, has alleged the lawyer of indulging in unscrupulous practices and that incriminating material has been seized from his premises.
Read more at: The Indian Express
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