2026 Litigation Management Conference: Innovative Strategies for Tax Law

A “Conference on Litigation Management” was convened on 10 & 11 April, 2026 at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan. The conference was inaugurated by Justice C.V. Bhadang (President, ITAT), chaired by Shri Ravi Agarwal, Hon’ble Chairman, CBDT, and steered by Ms Mona Singh, Member (A&J), CBDT. Distinguished participants included Members of CBDT, Additional Solicitors General, and CIT(DR)s from across the country.

Deliberations were anchored in the formulation of calibrated strategies to curtail litigation, bridge systemic gaps between assessment and appellate orders, enhance the quality and consistency of representation before the ITAT, and institutionalise a robust and dynamic judicial database. Critical issues such as the rationalisation of the compliance burden, challenges attendant to the filing of SLPs, and capacity augmentation of CIT(DR)s were examined in depth ⚖️. The interplay between the Income-tax Act, 1961 and the Income-tax Act, 2025 was also analysed.

The conference culminated in the articulation of actionable measures and a forward looking roadmap aimed at fostering a more efficient, coherent, and resilient litigation management framework.

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