Faceless Reassessments Must Stay Faceless: Karnataka HC quashes AO Issued Notices

Ajit Vasant Lokur Vs ACIT (Karnataka High Court) Faceless Means Faceless – AO Tries to Show Face, HC Shows Him the Exit- Karnataka High Court quashes reassessment notices issued by AO instead of Faceless Authority – All 148A & 148 actions struck down In this writ petition, Assessee challenged the entire reassessment initiation process for AY 2019-20, including: Notice u/s 148A(b) dated 14.03.2025 Order u/s 148A(d) dated 27.06.2025 Notice u/s 148 dated 27.06.2025 The sole ground raised was procedural illegality – the notices and order were issued by the Jurisdictional Assessing Offi...