Delhi ITAT ruled that a single, non-speaking approval u/s 153D issued for 14 assessment years and two assessees was invalid, holding that approval must be year-specific and assessee-specific. All assessments were quashed as void ab initio.
The Delhi ITAT invalidated a reassessment, ruling the AO failed to establish independent ‘reason to believe’ and merely borrowed satisfaction from an Investigation Wing report without tangible material or a live link to the assessee’s income. This judgment establishes that reassessment cannot be based solely on second-hand, non-incriminating information from a third-party search.
in a colourful observation, the Tribunal compared Juniper’s interlinked trading and service activities to the egg-or-chicken story, holding entity-level TNMM appropriate and deleting the TP addition.
ITAT Delhi set aside a non-speaking order by CIT(A) in a ₹34.82 lakh bogus purchase case, directing de novo adjudication and allowing cross-examination on alleged accommodation entries.
ITAT Delhi sustained reopening under Section 147 but upheld CIT(A)’s deletion of every addition—covering commission income, travel expenses, rent, and salaries—after finding all claims duly supported by records. Revenue’s appeal was dismissed in full.
The Tribunal held that the expenditure on acquiring 3G spectrum created an intangible asset, allowing the assessee to claim depreciation u/s 32 of the Act. This crucial finding confirms the asset’s depreciable nature for AY 2012-13, preventing its amortization under later or inapplicable tax code sections.
The Kolkata Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) remanded the Section 14A disallowance made on Srivaru Agro Pvt. Ltd. The Tribunal directed the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals {CIT (A))to verify the availability of the company’s own interest-free funds vis-à-vis investments and the reasonableness of administrative expenses, relying on the Supreme Court’s ruling in South Indian Bank Ltd.
In a search assessment dispute, the ITAT Delhi struck down an addition of cash payments, concluding that the diary entries used as evidence were rough, unsigned jottings with no established link to the taxpayer’s finances beyond speculation. The entire addition was deleted as the diary lacked legal evidentiary value.
Delhi ITAT dismissed Revenue’s appeal, upholding deletion of a Rs.19.18 crore protective addition against an alleged entry operator. Ruling affirmed that since AO accepted assessee as a commission agent, only estimated commission income, and not entire turnover, was taxable in agent’s hands.
ITAT Delhi dismissed Revenue’s appeal for AY 2017-18, confirming CIT(A)/NFAC’s deletion of disallowances on fixed deposit interest, bad debts, software expenses, inter-office adjustments, and depreciation on investments. Tribunal relied on consistent precedents, RBI/ICDS guidelines, and prior assessments to uphold the bank’s claims.
