AO, please don’t show your face — Faceless Assessment means faceless: Karnataka HC

Geeta Ramakrishna Hegde Vs PCIT (Karnataka High Court) AO, please don’t show your face – Faceless Assessment means FACEless— Karnataka High Court strikes down reassessment for violating Faceless Assessment procedure – AO had no jurisdiction to issue notice In this writ petition, Assessee challenged a reassessment order passed under sections 147 r.w.s. 144 & 144B of the Income-tax Act for AY 2016-17. The core grievance was not about the merits of the addition, but about the procedure adopted by the department. What went wrong procedurally? As per section 144B & the Faceless ...