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Surya Nepal’s Tax Dispute Drags on for 12 Years at Supreme Court

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Surya Nepal’s Tax Dispute Drags on for 12 Years at Supreme Court
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June 6: The tax dispute of Surya Nepal has remained sub judice at the Supreme Court for the last 12 years. A case filed at the apex court on September 11, 2007 is still undecided as other disputes surfaced later on. Records at the SC show that a total of 12 disputes are under discussion at the court. The last of the tax-related disputes was filed on February 4, 2010.

Altogether 39 hearings were held for the case in the last 12 years but each of the time the court could not issue any verdict due to various reasons. Sometimes, the hearing was handed to justices who could not look into the case while at other times the justices could not issue any verdict due to lack of time.

During 19 instances, the justices could not issue any verdict due to lack of time while 17 times the justices could not look into the case. The hearing could not take place once while the SC issued a verdict only one time.

Surya Nepal was dragged into court by the Ministry of Finance and the Department of Revenue Investigation and the Large Taxpayers’ Office. It is said that the company owes millions of rupees in dues to the government.

“It is quite surprising that that the Supreme Court has failed to issue the final verdict against Surya Nepal even in such a long period,” said a court official on condition of anonymity.

 

 

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