Alleppey Financial Enterprises vs Assistant Director Of Income-Tax ... on 15 October, 1998
21. The decision of the Madras High Court in Madras Pawn Brokers Association v. State of Tamil Nadu [1995] 98 STC 457 relied on in the C. M. P. order also only states that the pledgee has a special right over the pledged articles. If this is the legal position in so far as the rights of the pawnee in relation to the pawned articles it is not possible to hold that the Income-tax Department can invoke the provisions of Section 132(6) read with Section 132B, Section 226 arid Schedules II and III of the Income-tax Act, for, as already stated, the said powers can be exercised only in relation to the property absolutely belonging to the person from whom it is seized.