Pending litigation: Tax dept set to hike monetary limit for appeal

As per the latest data, 6,500 cases are pending in the Supreme Court, about 38000 cases in high courts and 94,000 cases in ITAT, some even a decade old

The income tax department is set to further hike monetary threshold to file appeals in appellate tribunals, high courts and Supreme Court after a push from the prime minister's office to cut pending litigation. 

The pending cases in the Income tax appellate tribunal (ITAT), HC and SC add to the exchequer's cost. Besides, only about 10% of cases at SC and HC level are decided in favour of the department, and 30% at the ITAT level. 

"The litigation cases has come down iver the last two years and we are in process of cutting that down further. The monetary thresholds for filing