Marching towards Golden Jubilee

All India Federation
of Tax Practitioners

Mock Parliament

2nd National Convention held on 25th to 27th January, 1980 at Kolkata

Shri R. D. Sharma with Shri S. S. Sen addressing Delegates hearing with Rapt attention.
the gathering

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Shri P. C. Joshi
addressing the
inaugural session
of the 8th National
Convention on
3rd January 1992.

Shri L. M. Mahurkar, President addressing the delegates at Jamshedpur on 4th January 1992.
Workshop Study Seminar cum Brain Trust Meeting on Taxation held on January 1994 at New Delhi

Speaker of Delhi Assembly Shri Goel lighting Left to Right Shri R. D. Sharma have a chat

the lamp with Shri P. C. Joshi with Shri Goel., while Shri P. C. Joshi enjoys

the same.

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Shri P. V. Surte addressing the Delhi The Then Chief Minister of Delhi Shri
Seminar Madanlal Khurana extends full support
and co-operation of Delhi Government.

Shri R. S. Pathak welcomes Shri Madanlal Shri N. C. Mehta welcomes Shri Madanlal
Khurana the then Chief Minister of Delhi. Khurana the then Chief Minister of Delhi.

3rd May, 1994 Delegates of Delhi Seminar

Left to Right Shri Ashok Chandak, Shri P. C. Joshi, Shri
Ugalmugale, the then President of Maharashtra Sales Tax
Tribunal, Shri L. M. Mahurkar, Shri B. Joshi and Shri U. M.
Loonawat.

Shri P. C. Joshi delivers
his acceptance speech
on being elected as the
President of AIFTP.

Gathering at the meeting

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9th National Convention on 6th to 8th January, 1995 at Coimbatore

4th from the left Hon’ble Justice Shri T. N. C. Rangarajan Judge, A.P. High Court inaugurated the
9th Convention seen on the Dias with Shri P. C. Joshi.

Delegates at the Convention Delegates of the Convention

Shri A. C. Chaudhary, CIT Ranchi inaugurating the
seminar by lighting the lamp. Also seen from left to
right S/Shri K. M. Lal, P. C. Joshi, A. C. Chaudhary,
Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. K. Chattapodhyay, Binod
Banka, B. K. Agarwal, S. K. Poddar and S. C. Mullick
on 3rd June, 1995.

Dignitaries on the dais from left to right: S/Shri

S. B. Saboo, S. Roy, Retd. Justice, Patna High Court,

Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. K. Chattapodhyay, CIT Ranchi,

Shri P. C. Joshi, President addressing the seminar at K. M. Lal, Convenor, Ranchi Seminar at Seminar held
Ranchi on 3rd June, 1995 at Ranchi on 3rd June, 1995.

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From Left to Right S/Shri Kishor Vanjara, C. C.
From Left to Right Shri S. A. Bhansali, Shri P. C. Dalal, Y. P. Trivedi, P. C. Joshi, Kishor Karia &
Joshi, Shri R. V. Patel, Shri N. H. Thakkar and K. Shivaram
Shri Shantilal Shah
February 1996

Shri P. D. Desai, Shri P. N. Shah and Shri P. C. Shri P. D. Desai, Shri Kishor Vanjara, Shri P. N.
Shah and others
Joshi

S/Shri J. K. Sheth, G. S. Jetly, N. C. Mehta, P. C. Joshi and U. M. Loonawat.

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1996
10th National Convention on 20th to 23rd December, 1996 at Kolkata

Seen from left to right: S/Shri Y.
Upadhyaya, Ex-Sr. Vice President,
ITAT, S. Bhattacharya,
P. C. Joshi, T. N. Pandey,
N. M. Ranka and Arjun Agarwala

Section of Audience

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Seminar at Raipur held on
4th & 5th October, 1997

At Calcutta on 21st January 1997.
1998

Lamping Diya Shri S. Bhattacharyaji, Shri Y. P. Shri S. Bhattacharyaji addressing the seminar
Trivedi, Shri K. Shivaram & Shri Chetan Karia

1999

Hon’ble Justice from Supreme Court looks
on while Shri N. M. Ranka lights the lamps,
Shri S. G. Desai is on the extreme right.

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1999

Hon'ble Dr. Justice B. P. Saraf, Judge, Bombay High Hon'ble Mr. Justice Y. K. Sabharwal, Chief Justice,

Court inaugurating the Seminar Bombay High Court inaugurating the Seminar

Dr. K. Shivaram lighting the lamp Hon'ble Mr. Justice Y. K. Sabharwal releasing the
Publication titled "NRI – A legal companion also
seen on the dais are Hon’ble Justice Shri B. P. Saraf,
Judge, Bombay High Court and Shri K. K. Ramani the
author of the book.

Technical Session Seen from Left to Right : S/Shri K. Section of Audience
Gopal, C. V. Kothari, G. S. Siddhu, N. K. Nayak and
S. R. Wadhwa.

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National Tax Conference held at Jaipur on 23rd December, 2000

Past President Shri N. C. Mehta welcomed by Shri P. N. Shah being welcomed at Jaipur Conference
Shri T. C. Jain at Conference at Jaipur on 24-12-2000. on 24-12-2000.

Two Days All India Conference at Baroda on 4th & 5th March, 2000
2001

Seminar at Hyderabad on
21st & 22nd April, 2001.

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Hon'ble Chief Justice Shri P. Venkatrami Reddy Hon'ble Minister Shri Y. Ramakrishnudu releasing the
inaugurating Two Day seminar on 21-4-2001 at Souvenir on Silver Jubilee Celebration at Hyderabad
held on 21-4-2001 also seen are Shri Hemendra Shah,
Hyderabad.
Shri J. V. Rao and Hon’ble Shri P. Venkatrami Reddy

Hon'ble Chief Justice Shri P. Venkatrami Reddy
releasing the special issue of AIFTP Journal.

Inauguration of the Seminar by Chief Shri Y. P. Trivedi presided over a session, Shri V. H. Patil
Justice B. P. Singh on 28th April, 2001 at addressed the session.
Silver Jubilee Function. Also seen Shri N. M.
Ranka, President and Dr. K. Shivaram, Deputy
President.

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Shri B. N. Srikrishna, Chief Justice of Kerala High
Court lighting the lamp and inaugurating All India
Tax Conference on 21st & 22nd December, 2001 at
Cochin.

Opening of the office by President Shri N. M. Ranka Invoking blessings from God Almighty at the
on 28th September, 2001 new office premises at Rewa Chambers. Mrs
& Mr. P. C. Joshi, Past president performed
2002 the pooja.

Dr. A. R. Lakshmanan, Chief Justice of AP
High Court inaugurated the conference on 16th
February, 2002 at Hyderabad

Dr. K. Shivaram addressing
Conference held at Guwahati
on 9th March 2002.

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Inaugural address by Justice R. C. Lahoti, Supreme Court of India at National Tax Conference 2002 at Indore.
Seen from Left to Right: S/Shri Govind Agrawal, Manoj Gupta, V. Dongzathan, R. C. Lahoti, N. M. Ranka,
V. B. Srinivasan, K. R. Mandovara and S. C. Goyal.

At Indore – 7th
& 8th September,
2002. A Conference
addressed by Smt.
Sumitra Mahajan

Padma Bhushan Mr. F. S. Nariman, M.P. Senior Advocate, Supreme Court delivering Barister B. M. Patnaik
Memorial Law Lecture on "Spirit of our constitution and the courts. Seen on the dais from left to right: Shri
Arjun Agarwalla, Advocate, Vice Chairman, AIFTP (EZ). Sitting Hon'ble Chief Justice of India Shri G. B.
Patnaik, President, Sr. Advocate, Shri B. Mishra, Convenor, Dr. M. R. Panda, Advocate, Orissa High Court on
11th November, 2002.

National Executive Committee December 2002 with President elect Dr. K. Shivaram

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Shri V. Ramchandran addressing the Technical Session on 12th National Convention held on 26-12-2002 at
Mumbai.

Mr. Mahesh Bhatt at the valedictory session on Tax on Film Industry in Mumbai.

Shri Dinesh Vyas, Sr. Advocate participated in ITAT Co-ordination Committee Meeting

Shri Soli Dastur, Sr. Advocate also participated in ITAT Co-ordination Committee Meeting

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2003

Hon'ble Law Minister of Karnataka Shri D. B. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay S. Oka inaugurating R. J.
Chandragowda inaugurating the Two Day Kolah International Tax Library
Conference at Bangalore on 3rd May, 2003

Two Day Conference at Chandigarh on 12th & 13th July, 2003

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhan, Supreme Court Felicitation to Shri Balaram Sangal by Hon'ble
of India inaugurating the Two Day Conference at Mr. Justice Ashok Bhan
Chandigarh on 12th July, 2003

Felicitation to Shri P. S. Sarin by Hon'ble Mr. Shri Rajesh Bindal giving vote of thanks for the
Justice Ashok Bhan inaugural session

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National Tax Conference held on 6th & 7th September, 2003 at Kolkata

Dr. Debi Prasad Pal, Sr. Advocate inaugurating the
conference

Felicitation of members who have completed 50 years of practice on the occasion of
25th Foundation day Celebration by

Hon'ble Mr. Justice A. P. Shah, Judge, Bombay High Court on November, 2003

CA N. C. Mehta Shri Shantilal Shah, Tax Consultant

CA P. N. Shah Shri P. V. Surte, Advocate

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Shri B. C. Joshi, Advocate Shri K. J. Mehta, Tax Consultant

Hon'ble Mr. Justice A. P.
Shah, Judge, Bombay

High Court addressing
the gathering

Shri P. C. Joshi, Past President,
addressing the gathering.
Hon'ble Mr. Justice A. P. Shah,
Judge, Bombay High Court
inaugurated the Founders
Day Celebration on 11th
November, 2003.

National Tax Conference held on 27th & 28th December, 2003 at Kota

Hon'ble Justice Arijit Pasayat, Supreme Court in conversation with Shri
P. C. Joshi at Kota on 27th December, 2003

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Lecture Meeting on International Taxation & Allied Laws

Hon'ble Dr. Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, Judge,
Bombay High Court delivering the lecture on
International Taxation

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay S. Oka, Judge, Bombay High Court

Mr. S. E. Dastur, Sr. Advocate, Mumbai addressing Mr. Dinesh Vyas, Sr. Advocate, Mumbai addressing

the meeting the meeting

Hon'ble members of ITAT

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Lecture Meeting on International Taxation & Allied Laws

Shri S. N. Inamdar, Sr. Advocate, delivering. Seen Mr. Harish Jagtiani, Sr. Advocate, Mumbai
from Left to Right: S/Shri K. Shivaram and Paresh
P. Shah

Hon'ble Judges of Bombay High Court

K. C. Narang addressing the
seminar

2004

1st Row : From Left to Right Shri Ratan Tata, Shri Soli Sorabjee, Attorney Geneal For India, His Excellency
Mohd. Fazal, Governor of Maharashtra, Shri A. B. Vajpayee, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Shri
Sushil Kumar Shinde, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Arun Shourie, Hon'ble Minister of
Communication, IT & Disinvestment,

2nd Row : From Right to Left Shri A. D. Shroff, President, Forum of Free Enterprises, Shri K. Shivaram,
National President, All India Federation of Tax Practitioners, Smt. Jayanti Mehta, Minister of State (Power).

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All India Conference on Taxation held on 24th & 25th April, 2004 at Ahmedabad

National Conference held on 25th & 26th September, 2004 at Hyderabad

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National Tax Conference held on 25th & 26th December, 2004 at Jodhpur

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Hon'ble Mr. Justice R. V. Easwar
felicitated by Shri M. L. Patodi at
Mumbai

2005
All Orissa Tax Conference on 20th & 21st March, 2005

The Chief speaker Hon'ble Justice of Supreme Court The Chief Guest Hon'ble judge of Supreme Court
Shri K. G. Balakrishnan speaking in the inaugural Shri Arijit Pasayat speaking in the inaugural session
session and creating humour by explaining the meaning of
KBK as known by knowledge

Shri Ananga Kumar Pattnaik, Hon'ble Chief Justice The inaugurator Shri A. U. Singh Deo, Hon'ble
Chhatishgarh High Court speaking in the inaugural Minister, works and housing, Government of Orissa
session delivering his inaugural speech.

Shri Prafulla Chandra
Ghadai, Hon'ble Minister
of Finance, Government
of orissa speaking about
introduction of Value Added
Tax in Orissa and advantages
of VAT systems

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Members of Host Bar Association with the Chief Guest of Valedictory Session Shri K. V. Singh Deo, Hon'ble
Minister, Government of Orissa.

National Tax Conference on 10th September, 2005 at Allahabad

Dignitaries on dais at
inaugural session

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhan, Judge,
Supreme Court of India, Chief Guest

lighting the lamp. Also seen Mr. Justice G.
P. Mathur and Mr. Justice Tarun Chaterjee,

Judges of Supreme Court and Mr. Justice
Rajat Alam, Senior Judge, Allahabad High

Court and Mr. Bharat Ji Agrawal, Senior
Advocate, Chairman, Conference Committee

National Tax Conference
at Allahabad held on 10th
September, 2005. Seen from Left
to Right: Shri Bharat Ji Agrawal,
Hon'ble Justice Katju Markandey,
Hon'ble Justice R. K. Agarwal,
Hon'ble Justice Veneet Kothari,

Shri M. L. Patodi and
Shri P. C. Joshi

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2005 at Nagpur

At Chennai – Chief Justice A. P. Shah on 24th &
25th December, 2005
2006
All Orissa Tax Conference 2006 at Cuttack.

Hon'ble Justice
Arijit Pasayat
addressing the
conference at
Cuttack

Shri Bharat Ji Agrwal, Deputy
President, presided a Technical
Session on Sales Tax at Goa.
Shri P. C. Joshi addressing the
session on 12th September,
2006 at Goa.

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National Tax Seminar on 10th March, 2007 at Jaipur

2008

Hon'ble Justice K. J. Sengupta of Calcutta High
Court inaugurating the seminar on Taxation in
Kolkata on 26th April, 2008. Also seen Shri Bharat Ji
Agrawal, R. D. Sharma and Narayan Jain.

Shri N. M. Ranka, speaking in AIFTP (East
Zone) seminar in Kolkata. Others CCIT R.

Bhardwaj, Bharat Ji Agrawal, Justice K. J.
Sengupta, Narayan Jain and R. D. Sharma

Hon'ble Chief Justice Shri Anil Dave, A.P. High Court at the Shri K. H. Kaji addressing a seminar at

Conference at Hyderabad on 12th July 2008. Hyderabad

Shri Bharat Ji Agrawal addressing
the conference at Mumbai on
18-10-2008

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Foundation Day along with National Tax Seminar was held on 11th November, 2008

CA Manoj Fadnis, Senior Central Council Member, Hon'ble Justice Shri N. K. Mody releasing the
Indore (ICAI), felicitated on foundation day of Souvenir. Also seen Shri N. M. Ranka, M. D. Sodani,
AIFTP by Central Zone. Shri Manoj Fadnis receiving G. B. Dass.
"Samman Patra". Hon'ble Justice K. N. Mody, M.D.
Sodani, N. M. Ranka and G. B. Dass

Hon'ble Justice K. N. Mody addressing the gathering. Shri N. M. Ranka delivering talk on the subject "Tax
Implications of charitable Institutions."

CA. P. D. Nagar delivering talk on the subject
'Controversial Issues under MPVAT Act.
Tax Conference at Jamshedpur was held on 10th January, 2009

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Quiz Competition held on
12-12-2009 in Hyderabad.
Seen from Left to Right: S/
Shri P. V. Subbarao, Dr. M. V.
K. Moorthy, Y. Satyanarayana,
DC(IT), V. Nagendraprasad

15th National Convention held
on 19th to 20th December,
2009 at Jaipur
Joining of AOTCA – 3rd October, 2004

AOTCA International Tax Conference
Visit to Manila – 2005

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Visit to Hong Kong – 2006

Visit to Kaula Lampur – 2007

Visit to China – 2008

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AOTCA – Visit to India – Meeting with Hon'ble President and Members of ITAT on 19th May, 2005

AOTCA – Visit to India – Meeting with Hon'ble President and Members of ITAT

Hon'ble Mr. Vimal Gandhi, President, ITAT addressing Mr. Kinjiro Mori, President, AOTCA addressing the

the delegation delegation.

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AOTCA – Visit to India – Meeting with Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai

Mrs. Urvashi Saxena, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Mr. Kinjiri Mori, President,
AOTCA and Office Bearers of AIFTP.

Foreign Study Tour and Conference – 17th May, 2004

Conference jointly with Law Society of England and Wales

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Seminar at Switzerland Seminar at Germany
Shri P. S. Sarin, Advocate & Others Dr. K. Shivaram, Sr. Advocate,
CA. H. Padamchand Khincha & CA. Paresh P. Shah

Law Society of England and Wales – Visit to India – 20th October, 2004

Shri Y. P. Trivedi, Shri B. C. Joshi, Shri Arun
Sathe, Shri P. V. Surte & Other Distinguished
Guests.

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AOTCA 2009 Conference

Dignatories at International Tax Conference Section of delegates at International Tax Conference

Head of International Association Hon'ble Members and distinguished Guests at
International Tax Conference

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Shri P. C. Joshi, Past President, AIFTP and Smt. Prem
Lata Bansal, National President, AIFTP inaugurating
the REP. Also seen from left to right Dr. Shashank
Dhond, President, GSTPAM and Shri Chirag Parekh,
Chairman, AIFTP (WZ).
Moot Court Award giving in Justice Dr. BP Saraf
National Tax Moot Court 2017 organised by AIFTP
EZ and NUJS Kolkata. Also seen Justice K. J.
Sengupta, Justice D. P. Dey, Dr. Ashok Saraf, R.
D. Kakra, Narayan Jain, Indu Chatrath, Arvind
Agarwal, S. C. Agarwal, K. K. Jain and award
winning students and others.

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Residential Refresher Course Organised by AIFTP Shri Neeraj Jain, IRS, Hon’ble Principal CIT,

(CZ) at Indore on 8 -10 February 2020 inaugurating the conference

Seen from Left to Right: 1st Row – Ms. Sejal Seen from Left to Right: 1st Row – S/Shri Puneet
Shah, IT Convenor, GSTPAM, Shri Raj P. Shah, Kumar Singh, Hon. Secretary, AIFTP (NZ) and
President, GSTPAM, Smt. Nikita R. Badheka, MOC, M. Srinivasa Rao, Dy. President, AIFTP,
National President, AIFTP, Shri Aditya Seema Asim Zafar, Chairman, AIFTP (NZ), Hon’ble Mr.
Pradeep, Convenor, 2nd Row – Shri Pankaj Ghiya, Justice Soumitra Saikia, Judge, Gauhati High Court.
Adv., Jaipur, Shri Samir S. Jani, Secretary General, 2nd Row – S/Shri Arvind Kumar Mishra, Conference
AIFTP, Shri Narendra Sonawane, Chairman, Secretary, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal, Judge,
Conference Committee, 3rd Row - Shri Sharad Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Sanjay Kumar,
Suryawanshi, President, WMTPA, Shri Bhaskar B. Conference Chairman, Smt. Nikita R. Badheka,
Patel, Chairman, AIFTP (WZ) and Shri Pravin V. National President, AIFTP. 3rd Row – Hon’ble
Shinde, Hon. Jt. Secretary, GSTPAM Mr. Justice Piyush Agarwal, Judge, Allahabad High
Court, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kalyan Rai Surana, Judge,
Gauhati High Court, Hon’ble Dr. Justice Anita
Sumanth, Judge, Madras High Court, Hon’ble Mr.
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, Judge, Bombay High Court.
4th Row – Shri A. K. Srivastava, Vice President,
AIFTP (NZ).

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Her Excellency Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, Hon’ble Governor
of Telangana.

Office of AIFTP

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Congratulations to
AIFTP Life Members
on the occasion of
45th Foundation Celebration Day
With Best Compliments From

•
Pothumarthi Sree Vani

•
Pothumarthi Venkata Suresh

•
Pothumarthi Achutha Rao

•
Pothumarthi Nirmala

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Pothumarthi Swathi Kiran

•
Pothumarthi Venkata Suresh

•
Swathi Medical & General Stores

•
Swathi Petroleum (Bharath Petroleum Dealers)

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