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Unabsorbed depreciation can be set off against capital gain from sale of depreciable asset

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Hon’ble High Court relied on the decision of Cocanada reported in 57 ITR 306 and Sasoon V/s CIT in which it was held that carry forward unabsorbed depreciation can be set off against the capital gain from sale of depreciable asset.

Customization of electronic data amounts to manufacture for claiming exemption u/s 10B

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The assessee’s effort of collection, designing, layout, refining the photographs to make the book ready to print out is manufacturing and the same is also exported outside India so exemption u/s 10B cannot be denied.

Section 158B – Initiation of Block Assessment without Valid satisfaction is invalid

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Hon’ble High Court is of the opinion that the note written by the AO lacks satisfaction as required u/s 158BD.In other words there is lack of the satisfaction of the AO that there is material that the respondent assessee had undisclosed income.

Exemption u/s 11 cannot be denied on giving interest free loan and renting of property

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Interest free loan given by the assessee society to another society with identical object cannot be treated as investment or deposit in which event there is no violation of section 13(1)(d) row’s. 11(5) of the Act.

Ground of ill health without any cogent material for condonation of delay not sustainable

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Tribunal held that the explanation regarding the illness of husband offered by one of the assessee Mrs P.S Rajeshwari was untenable.The tribunal further pointed out that plea of illness between November,2010 and November 2013 and sudden regaining of health was not supported by evidence.

Filing of Appeals on merits- Observations of Courts – reg.

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It has been noted that despite several instructions on the subject, necessary due diligence and caution is not being exercised while granting authorization for filing of appeals. Several court decisions have been noted where courts have taken an adverse view against the Department. A few such decisions are:

Initiation of penalty u/s 272A(2)(k) starts from date of issuance of notice

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Issuing notice is a statutory requirement of initiating of penalty as to intimate the assessee about such initiation and to give him an opportunity of being heard. Under the act power are conferred on income-tax authorities to initiate any proceeding and to initiate notice.

Assessment framed in the name of non-existing entity due to amalgamation cannot be cured by provision of section 292B

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Hon’ble Delhi Court in the matter Spice Entertainment (ITA no. 475/2011) give finding on the proposition that completion of assessment in respect of a non-existent company due to the amalgamation would result assessment in the name and in respect of the original assessee company,

Application of provision of section 14A r.w. Rule 8D without recording satisfaction cannot be upheld

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It is a trite law as per provision of section and various judicial pronouncement that AO must record satisfaction regarding to non-correctness of the claim of the assessee u/s 14 A. He must ensure that there is an error in calculation of expenditure relating to the income which relates to the exempted income.

Estimation of income without any basis by Assessing Officer is not valid

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The contention of the assessee was that the AO framed the assessment arbitrarily on the basis of assessment order for the assessment year 2002-03 which was set aside by the ITAT in ITA No. 326/Del./2007 vide order dated 25.7.2008.

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