ITAT Surat condones a 1740-day delay in Chirag P. Thummar’s penalty appeal, citing advocate’s mistaken advice and the Supreme Court’s COVID-19 extension. Case remanded to PCIT for fresh adjudication on merits due to an ex-parte order.
ITAT Chandigarh condones delay and remands Mukesh Mittal’s penalty appeals back to CIT(A), citing a prior ITAT order that accepted similar delay in quantum appeals. Case to be re-decided on merits.
ITAT Bangalore rules against extrapolating unaccounted sales without concrete evidence in DCIT vs. Kanva Diagnostic Services. Admissions alone are insufficient for additions.
ITAT Bangalore dismisses Prem Prakash Gupta’s appeal for 375-day delay. Emotional distress cited without evidence deemed insufficient for condonation. Case highlights ‘explanation’ vs ‘excuse’.
Rajkot ITAT condones 98-day appeal filing delay, citing taxpayer’s illiteracy and prior consultant’s negligence, prioritizing substantial justice.
Pune ITAT remands Sahyogh Nagri Sahkari Patsanstha Maryadit’s appeal, ruling non-payment of advance tax alone cannot dismiss an appeal; directs re-adjudication on merits.
ITAT Delhi held that software expense has not given any benefit of enduring nature and hence the same is not capital in nature. Accordingly, software expense allowed as revenue expenditure.
ITAT Hyderabad held that CIT(A) inspite of declining to condone the delay considered and decided the matter on merits means that CIT(A) has impliedly condoned the delay involved in the appeal.
ITAT Ahmedabad rules on Vikas Vijay Gupta vs PCIT, confirming the validity of revision under Section 263 for a wrongly issued penalty notice. Procedural errors in penalty proceedings are rectifiable by PCIT.
Delhi ITAT remands Kishan Lal’s appeal, ordering a new probe into a Rs. 50 lakh robbery case, urging verification of farmers’ claims over the cash.
