Draft Order framed u/s 144C(1) on Non-Existent Company is Void-ab-Initio

BOEING India Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) The issue under consideration is whether order passed by the AO held that the draft order framed under Section 144C(1) of the Income Tax Act is in the name of a non-existent company is sustainable in law? ITAT states that, the Assessing Officer has merely framed a draft of the proposed order of assessment. Hence it cannot be equated with the draft of any order of assessment. Therefore, there is no order at that point of time and claim of an order in the name of non est entity cannot be made by the assessee. Considering the factual matrix discussed el...