Income Tax Department maintains year-wise data of Income Tax Disputes at various appellate stages
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1038
ANSWERED ON – 09/12/2025
INCOME TAX DISPUTES
SHRIMATI SAGARIKA GHOSH
Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state: –
(a) whether the Ministry has data on year-wise number of Income Tax disputes in the last five years.
(b) the total amount involved in these disputes for each year in the same period; and
(c) whether there is a record of a classification of disputes based on assessment, appellate and litigation stages?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)
(a) The Income Tax Department maintains year-wise data of Income Tax Disputes at various appellate stages which is provided in Annexure-A.
(b) The details of the number of pending appeals/cases and the amount involved therein (in lakh rupees) at various appellate level is provided in Annexure-A.
(c) The data of number of pending appeals in Income Tax matters and the corresponding amount locked up is maintained separately for each appellate level (as provided in Annexure-A) i.e.
- (i) First appellate authority [CIT (A)/JCIT (A)]
- (ii) Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT)
- (iii) Hon’ble High Courts, and
- (iv) Hon’ble Supreme Court of India
Annexure-A
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Year-wise data in respect of appeals pending before First Appellate Authority from Financial Year 2020-2021 onwards |
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| Financial Year | No. of appeals pending at the end of the Financial Year | Total disputed amount in appeals at the end of Financial Year
(Rs. in lakh) |
| 2020-2021 | 4,48,992 | 24,52,30,069 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,02,111 | 14,18,63,134 |
| 2022-2023 | 5,25,367 | 16,33,98,912 |
| 2023-2024 | 5,48,278 | 16,90,42,426 |
| 2024-2025 | 5,39,863 | 16,75,45,696 |
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Year-wise data in respect of appeals pending before the ITAT, High Court & Supreme Court from Financial Year 2020-2021 onwards |
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| Year | Forum | No. of appeals pending at the end of the Financial Year | Total disputed amount in appeals at the end of Financial Year
(Rs. in lakh) |
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2020-2021 |
ITAT | 26,111 | 2,70,03,860 |
| High Court | 31,971 | 2,75,32,925 | |
| Supreme Court | 5,567 | 25,27,476 | |
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2021-2022 |
ITAT | 19,238 | 3,05,08,687 |
| High Court | 27,950 | 3,31,24,522 | |
| Supreme Court | 4,379 | 27,73,577 | |
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2022-2023 |
ITAT | 21,966 | 2,89,56,476 |
| High Court | 32,521 | 3,88,80,322 | |
| Supreme Court | 4,330 | 39,66,296 | |
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2023-2024 |
ITAT | 20,296 | 4,73,54,488 |
| High Court | 38,099 | 5,34,55,426 | |
| Supreme Court | 5,916 | 23,06,723 | |
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2024-2025 |
ITAT | 22,960 | 3,64,45,449 |
| High Court | 34,486 | 5,65,15,885 | |
| Supreme Court | 6,338 | 25,40,351 | |
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