Seven income-tax appeals concerning Patanjali Ayurved — four filed by the assessee and three by the Revenue, argued and reserved on different dates in August 2025 — were disposed of by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal through a single common order running to fewer than seven paragraphs, without engaging with the assessee's contentions or the distinct issues raised in each appeal.
A Delhi High Court Division Bench of Justices Dinesh Mehta and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta quashed all seven ITAT orders, describing the Tribunal's disposal as reflecting 'undue haste' and 'recklessness' and as bereft of logic, reasoning or rationale, and directed that the matters be reheard afresh by a differently constituted ITAT bench.
Taxpayers and the Revenue alike now have a clear precedent that a Tribunal cannot dispose of multiple, factually and legally distinct appeals through one cursory common order — a party facing an unreasoned or rushed ITAT disposal has a strong basis to seek its quashing on writ or appeal.