Kerala High Court Directs Binoy Kodiyeri To File Income Tax Returns For Assessment Years 2015-22
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala High Court Directs Binoy Kodiyeri To File Income Tax Returns For Assessment Years 2015-22

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The Kerala High Court has disposed of the petition filed by Binoy Kodiyeri challenging the assessment orders issued to him by the Income Tax Department for a total of 7 assessment years from 2015-16 to 2021-22.Binoy Kodiyeri, son of CPM politician Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, had moved a plea before the High Court alleging that the procedure adopted by the IT Department in issuing certain notices. The Kerala High Court has disposed of the petition filed by Binoy Kodiyeri challenging the assessment orders issued to him by the Income Tax Department for a total of 7 assessment years from 2015-16 to 2021-22. Binoy Kodiyeri, son of CPM politician Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, had moved a plea before the High Court alleging that the procedure adopted by the IT Department in issuing certain notices to him was illegal. Counsel appearing for the Department argued that Kodiyeri's plea is not maintainable as he is first required to submit returns for the assessment years required under Section 153C of the Act.

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SC's Judgement In Abhisar Buildwell Case Doesn't Permit Reopening Of Assessments Beyond Limitation Period U/S 149(1) Of IT Act: Delhi HC
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SC's Judgement In Abhisar Buildwell Case Doesn't Permit Reopening Of Assessments Beyond Limitation Period U/S 149(1) Of IT Act: Delhi HC

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The Delhi High Court has reiterated that the Supreme Court's judgment in Abhisar Buildwell does not permit reopening of assessments under Section 147/148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 beyond the period stipulated under Section 149. It relied on Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, Central-3 v. Abhisar Buildwell Private Limited to contend that in cases where the proceedings under Section …

'Circular Relied Upon By DK Shivakumar Not Applicable', IT Dept Says In Tax Evasion Case; Supreme Court Calls For Formal Affidavit
1 week, 6 days ago

'Circular Relied Upon By DK Shivakumar Not Applicable', IT Dept Says In Tax Evasion Case; Supreme Court Calls For Formal Affidavit

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In the plea filed by Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar seeking dismissal of charges against him in a tax evasion case, the Supreme Court today called on the Income Tax Department to file a formal affidavit with regard to its claim that the circular relied upon by Shivakumar is not applicable to the case.For context, the Congress leader relies …

Recourse To Section 147 Of Income Tax Act Not Barred In Cases Where Assessing Officer Is Empowered To Proceed U/S 153C: Delhi High Court
1 month ago

Recourse To Section 147 Of Income Tax Act Not Barred In Cases Where Assessing Officer Is Empowered To Proceed U/S 153C: Delhi High Court

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S.153C Income Tax Act doesn't bar AO's jurisdiction to reopen assessment u/S 147 when information against assessee is received from search conducted on another person: Delhi High CourtThe Delhi High Court has held that Section 153C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 does not by itself preclude an Assessing Officer from reopening assessments under Section 147/148 of the Act, on …

Entry Made In Dispatch Register Is Not Primary Evidence To Prove Service Of Notice On Assessee: Orissa High Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Entry Made In Dispatch Register Is Not Primary Evidence To Prove Service Of Notice On Assessee: Orissa High Court

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The Orissa High Court has made it clear that an entry in the dispatch register maintained by the Revenue is not primary evidence to show service of notice on an assessee. At the outset, the High Court division bench of Justices Arindam Sinha and MS Sahoo observed, “Entry made in the system is not primary evidence. In light of the …

[Income Tax] Assessing Authority Can't Reassess Prior Years Without Inquiry While Determining Relevant Year's Assessment: Kerala High Court
1 month, 1 week ago

[Income Tax] Assessing Authority Can't Reassess Prior Years Without Inquiry While Determining Relevant Year's Assessment: Kerala High Court

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The Kerala High Court stated that while determining the assessment of relevant years assessing authority cannot determine the assessment for earlier years without enquiry. observed that “…….we fail to understand how the assessing authority, as well as the First Appellate Authority, while considering assessment proceedings for the assessment years 2011-12 could have embarked upon an enquiry with regard to the …

Consequential Order Passed By Assessing Authority Beyond Terms Of Remand By Commissioner Is Unacceptable: Kerala High Court
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Consequential Order Passed By Assessing Authority Beyond Terms Of Remand By Commissioner Is Unacceptable: Kerala High Court

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The Division Bench of Kerala High Court comprising Justices A.K. observed that “the concern of the Assessing Authority, while passing a consequential order, has to be limited to those specific issues that have been remanded to it for consideration by the Commissioner……….” Section 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 empowers the Commissioner of Income Tax to revise any order …

Mistake On Part Of AO Resulting In Under Assessment Of Income No Ground To Re-Open Assessment U/S 147 Of Income Tax Act: Delhi HC
1 month, 1 week ago

Mistake On Part Of AO Resulting In Under Assessment Of Income No Ground To Re-Open Assessment U/S 147 Of Income Tax Act: Delhi HC

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The Delhi High Court has made it clear that once scrutiny assessment is held under Section 143 of the Income Tax Act but due to a mistake of the Assessing Officer there is under assessment of income, reopening assessment under Section 147 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is not permissible. At the outset, the High Court observed that escapement …

High Court Rejects Income Tax Appeal, Finds No Escapement of Rs. 3.25 Crore
2 months ago

High Court Rejects Income Tax Appeal, Finds No Escapement of Rs. 3.25 Crore

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The Gujarat High Court has ruled that there cannot be any income escapement by the assessee if there is no unexplained amount in the bank statement on record. The court observed that the reason given by the assessing officer for alleged escapement of Rs.3,25,00,000/- is not sustainable since there is no unexplained amount in the bank statement on record since …

Direct Tax Weekly Round-Up: 11 To 17 August 2024
4 months ago

Direct Tax Weekly Round-Up: 11 To 17 August 2024

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Delhi High Court Failure Of Dept. Value Of Shares Allotted Under Employees Stock Purchase Scheme Can't Be Treated As Perquisite As Per Sec 17: Delhi High Court Case Title: Ravi Kumar Sinha vs. CIT While emphasizing that no tax can be levied on notional income, the Delhi High Court held that Valuation Report obtained by employer could have no application …

Rajasthan High Court Quashes Income Tax Reassessment As Income Tax Dept. Failed To Hold Proper Investigation
4 months, 1 week ago

Rajasthan High Court Quashes Income Tax Reassessment As Income Tax Dept. Failed To Hold Proper Investigation

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The Jaipur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court has quashed the income tax reassessment and held that the Income Tax Department had not done any investigation or held an inquiry. The bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan and Justice Ashutosh Kumar has observed that the additions were made solely based on the order passed by the AO determining the value of …

AO Can't Disregard ITAT's Direction To Re-examine Issue By Referring To CBDT Circular: Delhi High Court
4 months, 3 weeks ago

AO Can't Disregard ITAT's Direction To Re-examine Issue By Referring To CBDT Circular: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court has held that the assessing officer cannot disregard the direction of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal to re-examine the issue by referring to the circular issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes.The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Ravinder Dudeja has observed that since the additional grounds had come to be accepted by the …

Tax Effect In Appeals Below Monetary Limit Of Rs.1 Crore; Kerala High Court Dismisses ​​Dept's Appeal
5 months, 1 week ago

Tax Effect In Appeals Below Monetary Limit Of Rs.1 Crore; Kerala High Court Dismisses ​​Dept's Appeal

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The Kerala High Court has held that the tax effect in the appeals filed by the income tax department pertaining to assessment years 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, and 2010–11 is well below the monetary limit of Rs. 3 of 2018 issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes, appeals cannot be maintained by the revenue before the High Court if …

Order Of ITSC Final And Conclusive For AY For Which Application Has Been Filed: Delhi High Court
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Order Of ITSC Final And Conclusive For AY For Which Application Has Been Filed: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court has held that the order of the Income Tax Settlement Commission is final and conclusive for a particular assessment year for which the application has been filed.The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav has observed that the order of the ITSC is deemed to be conclusive for all the matters pertaining to …

Absence Of Incriminating Materials, AO Not Empowered To Reopen Assessments In Block Period Of Six Years: Kerala High Court
6 months ago

Absence Of Incriminating Materials, AO Not Empowered To Reopen Assessments In Block Period Of Six Years: Kerala High Court

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The Kerala High Court has held that based on the material obtained during the search, the Assessing Officer, who gets the jurisdiction to re-open the assessments, can do so in respect of the individual assessment years comprised in the block period of six years only if the material obtained during the search under Section 132 of the Income Tax Act, …

Direct Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 02 To 08 June 2024
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Direct Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 02 To 08 June 2024

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Delhi High Court Once Issue Of Arm's Length Remuneration Settled By TPO, Question Of Ascertaining Existence Of PE Is Academic; Delhi High Court Quashes Reassessment Proceedings Case Title: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc. Exemption Allowable On Donations Made By One Charitable Trust To Other Charitable Institutions For Temporary Period: Delhi High Court Case Title: Commissioner Of Income Tax Versus M/S Jamnalal …

Delhi HC Upholds Constitutional Validity Of Section 71(3A) Income Tax Act; Dismisses Petition Challenging Rs. 2 Lakh Cap On House Property Income Set-Off
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi HC Upholds Constitutional Validity Of Section 71(3A) Income Tax Act; Dismisses Petition Challenging Rs. 2 Lakh Cap On House Property Income Set-Off

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The Delhi High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of Section 31 of the Finance Act, 2017. Since the house was constructed using borrowed capital, under Section 24 of the Income Tax Act, the interest payable on such capital was eligible for deduction from the head “Income from house property.” The income chargeable under this head was …

Direct Taxes Weekly Round-Up: 19 To 25 May 2024
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Direct Taxes Weekly Round-Up: 19 To 25 May 2024

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Delhi High Court Case Title: PT Bukaka Teknik Utama Versus Commissioner Of Income Tax, Delhi - 2 The Delhi High Court has held that the assessee can't be obstructed from availing of the benefits of the Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Act, 2020 even where the time limit for an appeal has not expired. Case Title: New Delhi Television Limited …

I-T Authority Fails To Consider Reason For Difference In Sale Consideration & Stamp Duty: Mumbai ITAT Deletes Penalty Levied U/s 270A For Under-Reporting Of Income
7 months, 2 weeks ago

I-T Authority Fails To Consider Reason For Difference In Sale Consideration & Stamp Duty: Mumbai ITAT Deletes Penalty Levied U/s 270A For Under-Reporting Of Income

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Noting that neither the Assessing Officer nor the CIT have taken into consideration the explanation offered by the Assessee during the assessment proceedings in relation to the difference in the sale consideration and the stamp duty valuation of immovable property, the Mumbai ITAT deleted the penalty levied u/s 270A of the Income tax Act for under-reporting of income. Accordingly, the …

Income Tax Authority Should Refrain From Over Analysis Which Leads To Paralysis Of Justice: Bombay High Court
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Income Tax Authority Should Refrain From Over Analysis Which Leads To Paralysis Of Justice: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court, while setting aside the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, held that the authority should refrain from overanalyzing, which leads to paralysis of justice.The bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Neela Gokhale has observed that the ITAT failed to appreciate the spirit in which the order dated August 23, 2022, was passed by …

Penalty Order On Ground Of Misreporting Of Income Not Justified When SCN And Assessment Order Alleged Under-Reporting: ITAT
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Penalty Order On Ground Of Misreporting Of Income Not Justified When SCN And Assessment Order Alleged Under-Reporting: ITAT

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The Hyderabad Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has held that the penalty order on the ground of misreporting of income was not justified when show cause notice and the assessment order alleged under-reporting.The bench of Laliet Kumar has observed that once the assessee himself admitted the fact that there was under-reporting of income, which was also accepted. The Hyderabad …

[Income Tax Act] Supreme Court Decision In UOI v. Ashish Agarwal Applicable To Parties Who Challenged Notice U/S 148: Allahabad High Court
8 months ago

[Income Tax Act] Supreme Court Decision In UOI v. Ashish Agarwal Applicable To Parties Who Challenged Notice U/S 148: Allahabad High Court

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The Allahabad High Court has held that Supreme Court in Union of India v. Ashish Agarwal had not issued a general mandamus quashing all notices issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. In Union of India v. Ashish Agarwal, the Union Government had challenged the order of the Allahabad High Court quashing the reassessment notices issued by …

Failure Of Dept. To Comply With ITAT's Order: Delhi High Court Directs Dept. To Remove Demands, Penalty From ITBA portal
8 months ago

Failure Of Dept. To Comply With ITAT's Order: Delhi High Court Directs Dept. To Remove Demands, Penalty From ITBA portal

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The Delhi High Court has held that the Department has failed to comply with Income Tax Appellate Tribunal's Order in passing a fresh assessment order within the stipulated time.The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav has observed that the underlying rationale of the Legislature behind the enactment of Section 153 of the Income Tax Act and …

Kerala High Court Quashes Assessment Order Issued Without Effective Hearing Due To Technical Issues With Link Provided For Video Conferencing
8 months, 1 week ago

Kerala High Court Quashes Assessment Order Issued Without Effective Hearing Due To Technical Issues With Link Provided For Video Conferencing

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The Kerala High Court has quashed an assessment order passed under the Income Tax Act on finding that the assessee was not provided an effective hearing. Allowing the writ petition, Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh held that the impugned assessment order was issued contrary to the principles of natural justice since there was no effective hearing. The bench said: “Considering the …

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 1 To April 7, 2024
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Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 1 To April 7, 2024

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Nominal Index Suhas Manohar Wankhede v. Election Commission of India & Others 2024 LiveLaw 176 Kirloskar Pneumatic Company v. Kataria Sales Corporation 2024 LiveLaw 177 Riak Insurance and Financial Services & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw 186 Cardinal Energy and Infra Structure Private Ltd. v. Subramanya Construction and Development Co. Ltd. 2024 LiveLaw 187 Reports/Judgments ECI Has Already Taken Steps: Bombay High …

Direct Tax Cases Quarterly Digest 2024
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Direct Tax Cases Quarterly Digest 2024

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Supreme Court Case Title: Herbicides India Limited vs ACIT 2024 LiveLaw 44 While setting aside the Rajasthan High Court orders, the Supreme Court restored the assessee's appeals by condoning the delay in filing the paper-book before High Court and observed that the assessee is entitled to have his appeals heard on merits. AO Lacks Jurisdiction To Pass Draft Assessment Order …

Indirect Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 31 March To 6 April 2024
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Indirect Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 31 March To 6 April 2024

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Delhi High Court Case Title: Jetibai Grandsons Services India Pvt Ltd Versus Union Of India & Ors. Case Title: Blackberry India Pvt Ltd -Earlier Known As Research In Motion India Pvt Ltd Versus The Commissioner CGST The Delhi High Court has held that the department cannot, after being unsuccessful before this Court on its own, declare the refund of the …

Direct Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 31 March To 6 April 2024
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Direct Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 31 March To 6 April 2024

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Delhi High Court Case Title: Valley Iron & Steel Co.Ltd Versus PCIT The Delhi High Court has held that income tax additions made towards unsubstantiated share capital are eligible for deduction under Section 80-IC of the Income Tax Act. Case Title: Senapati Santaji Ghorpade Sugar Factory Versus Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax The Bombay High Court has held that retrospective …

Assessment Can Be Reopened Based On Audit Objections Under New Reassessment Regime: Kerala High Court
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Assessment Can Be Reopened Based On Audit Objections Under New Reassessment Regime: Kerala High Court

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The Kerala High Court has held that assessments can be reopened based on audit objections under a new reassessment regime.The bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh has observed that the provisions have been drastically changed with effect from April 1, 2022, and the audit objection is one of the reasons for re-opening the assessment. The Kerala High Court has held …

Direct Tax Cases Monthly Round Up: March 2024
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Direct Tax Cases Monthly Round Up: March 2024

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Delhi High Court Case Title: PCIT Versus M/S Clix Finance India Pvt. Patna High Court Case Title: Purnendu Shekhar Sinha Versus The Union Of India LL Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 23 The Patna High Court has held that differentiation between government employees and other employees for leave encashment exemption is neither discriminatory nor violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of …

Congress’ plea against tax re-assessment by I-T authorities dismissed by Delhi High Court
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress’ plea against tax re-assessment by I-T authorities dismissed by Delhi High Court

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected the Congress’s plea challenging the initiation of tax reassessment proceedings against it for assessment years 2017 to 2021 by tax authorities. On March 22, the court had rejected the Congress’s plea challenging initiation of reassessment proceedings pertaining to assessment years 2014-15 to 2016-17. While rejecting the plea, the High Court said the Income …

Direct Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 17 To 23 March 2024
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Direct Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 17 To 23 March 2024

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Delhi High Court Case Title: National Association Of Software And Services Companies Versus Deputy Commissioner Of Income Tax Circle 2 The Delhi High Court has held that a 20% pre-deposit demand is not a precondition for consideration of a stay application during the pendency of the first appeal. Case Title: The Salem Urban Co-operative Bank limited Versus The Income Tax …

Delhi High Court rejects Congress’s plea against tax reassessment
9 months ago

Delhi High Court rejects Congress’s plea against tax reassessment

The Hindu  

In a huge setback to the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Delhi High Court on Friday rejected its pleas challenging the reassessment proceedings initiated against it by the Income Tax department. The Congress has challenged initiation of proceedings under Section 153C of the Income Tax Act for assessment pertaining to assessment years 2014-15 to 2016-17. The I-T …

Procedure U/S 148A Need Not Be Complied With Before Issuing Reassessment Notices: Kerala High Court
9 months ago

Procedure U/S 148A Need Not Be Complied With Before Issuing Reassessment Notices: Kerala High Court

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The Kerala High Court has held that the procedure contemplated by the provisions of Section 148A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, need not be complied with before issuing notices under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.The bench of Justice Gopinath P. has observed that when an item or cash, as in this case, is produced before a …

Congress Approaches Delhi HC Against Tax Re-assessment Proceedings
9 months ago

Congress Approaches Delhi HC Against Tax Re-assessment Proceedings

News 18  

The Congress on Wednesday approached the Delhi High Court against tax re-assessment proceedings against it by the authorities. The matter was mentioned by the counsel for the political party before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora which agreed to list it for hearing on Thursday. Recently, the high court had refused to interfere with …

Assessing Officers Are Not Governed By Strict Rules Of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 In Case Of Assessment Proceedings: Madras High Court
9 months ago

Assessing Officers Are Not Governed By Strict Rules Of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 In Case Of Assessment Proceedings: Madras High Court

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The Madras High Court has held that assessing officers are not governed by the strict rules of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.The bench of Justice C. Saravanan has observed that the assessment proceedings under the Income Tax Act, 1961, before an assessee officer are not judicial proceedings. The Madras High Court has held that assessing officers are not governed by …

AO Competent To Invoke Section 154 Jurisdiction If Glaring Mistake Of Fact/Law Is Committed While Passing Assessment Order: Madras High Court
9 months, 1 week ago

AO Competent To Invoke Section 154 Jurisdiction If Glaring Mistake Of Fact/Law Is Committed While Passing Assessment Order: Madras High Court

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The Madras High Court has held that the Assessing Officer is not incompetent to invoke the jurisdiction under Section 154 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, if such officer had committed a glaring mistake of fact or law while passing the assessment order.The bench of Justice C. Saravanan has observed that the meaning of the expression “error apparent on the …

Reopening Of Income Tax Assessments : Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Delhi High Court's Guidelines To Tax Dept
10 months, 1 week ago

Reopening Of Income Tax Assessments : Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Delhi High Court's Guidelines To Tax Dept

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The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with a 2017 Delhi High Court judgment which issued a set of guidelines to the Income Tax Department regarding the reopening of assessments.A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Aravind Kumar dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by the Income Tax Department in 2018 against the 2017 High Court verdict.The Delhi High …

Direct Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 04 To 10 February 2024
10 months, 1 week ago

Direct Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 04 To 10 February 2024

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Bombay High Court HSBC Bank Carrying On Bona Fide Banking Business In Mauritius Exempt From Tax In India: Bombay High Court Case Title: Commissioner of Income Tax Versus M/s. Case Title: Vodafone India Services Pvt Ltd verses DCIT Emphasizing that although Section 32 of Income tax Act, 1961 was amended by the Finance Act, 2021 wherein it was stated that …

Gujarat High Court Upholds Income Tax Department's Search and Seizure, Condemns Misconduct
10 months, 1 week ago

Gujarat High Court Upholds Income Tax Department's Search and Seizure, Condemns Misconduct

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The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday, upheld the search and seizures conducted by the Income Tax department at a lawyer's residence and office last year over alleged income tax evasion as valid. The bench stated that concerning the commencement of search proceedings, based on the material seized from the lawyer's premises and presented by the department before the bench in …

Direct Tax Cases Monthly Round Up: January 2024
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Direct Tax Cases Monthly Round Up: January 2024

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Supreme Court Case Title: Herbicides India Limited verses ACIT While setting aside the Rajasthan High Court orders, the Supreme Court restored the assessee's appeals by condoning the delay in filing the paper-book before High Court and observed that the assessee is entitled to have his appeals heard on merits. Madras High Court Case Title: Anamallais Bus Transports P. Ltd verses …

Change Of Opinion Does Not Constitute Justification To Believe Income Chargeable To Tax Has Escaped Assessment: Bombay High Court
11 months ago

Change Of Opinion Does Not Constitute Justification To Believe Income Chargeable To Tax Has Escaped Assessment: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court has held that a change of opinion does not constitute justification and/or reasons to believe that income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment.The bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Neela Gokhale has observed that once a query is raised during the assessment proceedings and the assessee has replied to it, it follows that the …

Reopening Of Assessment Inspired From 'Review' & 'Change Of Opinion' By Subsequent AO Is Deprecated: Madras HC
11 months, 1 week ago

Reopening Of Assessment Inspired From 'Review' & 'Change Of Opinion' By Subsequent AO Is Deprecated: Madras HC

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While setting aside the order disposing of assessee's objection for re-opening of assessment pursuant to the issue of notice u/s 148 of the Income tax Act, 1961 and the consequent reassessment order, the Madras High Court held that there is no scope for re-opening of the assessment, since the reasons cited for same was inspired from change of opinion of …

Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 24 To 30 December, 2023
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 24 To 30 December, 2023

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Delhi High Court Citation: 2023 LiveLaw 1351 Case Title: M/S Sethi Sons Versus Assistant Commissioner And Ors. Citation: 2023 LiveLaw 1352 Case Title: Triveni Enterprises Limited Versus ITO The Delhi High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 115BBE of the Income Tax Act. Madras High Court Citation: 2023 LiveLaw 409 Case Title: M/s.Cognizant Technology Versus Assistant Commissioner of …

Delhi High Court Upholds Constitutional Validity Of Section 115BBE Of Income Tax Act
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Upholds Constitutional Validity Of Section 115BBE Of Income Tax Act

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The Delhi High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 115BBE of the Income Tax Act.The bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna has observed that Statutory Acts and their provisions are not to be declared unconstitutional on the fanciful theory that power would be exercised in an unrealistic fashion or in a vacuum or on …

Delhi High Court Quashes Income Tax Notice Issued Prior To Date Of Approval Of Resolution Plan
1 year ago

Delhi High Court Quashes Income Tax Notice Issued Prior To Date Of Approval Of Resolution Plan

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The Delhi High Court has quashed the income tax notices and orders issued prior to the date of approval of the resolution plan.The bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Girish Kathpalia has observed the notices and orders pertaining to the income tax claims of the respondents or department pertaining to the period much prior to the date of approval …

Employee Can’t Be Penalised For Non-Deposit Of TDS By Employer: Delhi High Court
1 year ago

Employee Can’t Be Penalised For Non-Deposit Of TDS By Employer: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court has held that the employer of the petitioner or assessee, having failed to perform his duty to deposit the deducted tax with the department, cannot be penalized. It would always be open for revenue to proceed against the employer of the petitioner for recovery of the deducted tax.The bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Girish …

Dept.’s Personal Opinion Not Tangible Material For Reopening Assessment: Calcutta High Court Quashes Reassessment
1 year ago

Dept.’s Personal Opinion Not Tangible Material For Reopening Assessment: Calcutta High Court Quashes Reassessment

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The Calcutta High Court has quashed the reassessment order on the grounds that the department’s personal opinion is not tangible material for reopening the assessment.The bench of Chief Justice T. S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya has observed that unless glaring omissions are demonstrated or conditions precedent for exercise of the power to reopen assessment are not. The Calcutta High …

Bombay High Court Quashes Income Tax Assessments Against Agriculturist And Rickshaw Driver For Improper Sanction
1 year, 1 month ago

Bombay High Court Quashes Income Tax Assessments Against Agriculturist And Rickshaw Driver For Improper Sanction

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The Bombay High Court has quashed the income tax assessments for the assessment year 2016-2017 against agriculturists and rickshaw drivers for improper sanction.The bench of Justice K.R. The Bombay High Court has quashed the income tax assessments for the assessment year 2016-2017 against agriculturists and rickshaw drivers for improper sanction. The assessee challenged the income tax assessments for the assessment …

Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 13 August To 19 August, 2023
1 year, 4 months ago

Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 13 August To 19 August, 2023

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Supreme Court Case Title: SHREE NILKANTH DEVELOPERS v. PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX Citation : 2023 LiveLaw 648 A Division bench of the Supreme Court, while hearing an appeal, discussed the objective and purpose behind setting up a Settlement Commission under the Income Tax Act 1961. Delhi High Court Case Title: Oxfam India Versus Deputy Commissioner Of Income Tax The …

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