Supreme Court of India

Janatha Textiles & Ors. v. Tax Recovery Officer & Anr.

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Reported as [2008] 8 S.C.R. 1148
Bench Ashok Bhan and Dalveer Bhandari JJ.
Decided 16 May 2008

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Income Tax: c Auction sale of attached property for recovery of debt - Registered partnership firm - In arrears of tax - For recovery of outstanding dues, agricultural land owned by partners at- tached and sold in public auction - Sale challenged on vari- ous grounds - Rights of bona fide purchaser for value - Held: In a third party auction, purchaser's interest in the auctioned + property continues to be protected notwithstanding that the underlying decree is subsequently set aside or otherwise - Clear distinction between a stranger who is a bona fide pur- chaser of the property at an

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