HC can entertain Writ Petition to Examine if Conditions to issue Section 148 Notice are Satisfied: SC

Red Chilli International Sales Vs ITO (Supreme Court of India) We with the petitioner that the impugned judgment rejecting the writ petition on the ground of alternative remedy does not take into consideration several judgments of this Court, on the jurisdiction of High Court, as writ petitions have been entertained to be examined whether the jurisdiction pre­conditions for issue of notice under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is satisfied. The provisions of reopening under the Income Tax Act, 1961 have undergone an amendment by the Finance Act, 2021, and consequently the matter would...