SC stays Orders of High Courts restraining Govt from Recovery of Tax due COVID-19

SC stays Orders of High Courts restraining Govt from Recovery of Tax due COVID-19 Relevant Extract of Order is given below: The Registry is directed to accept these special leave petitions against the judgment and order(s) passed by the High Court of Judicature at Kerala, Ernakulam Bench in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 8231/2020 and of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Allahabad Bench in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 7014/2020. Permission to file special leave petitions is granted. Issue notice. In the meantime, there shall be ex-parte ad-interim stay of the impugned judgment and order(s) passed in the aforesaid writ petitions and of further proceedings before the High Court(s), in view of the stand taken by the Government of India through learned Solicitor General, before us, that the Government is fully conscious of the prevailing situation and would itself evolve a proper mechanism to assuage concerns and hardships of every one.