HC set aside Assessment order passed despite request for adjournment due to family admitted to Hospital

Sudhir Desh Ahuja Vs National Faceless Assessment Centre & Ors (Delhi High Court) Impugned orders are liable to be set aside for the following reasons: (i) Firstly, the AO failed to deal with the request of the petitioner, for according an adjournment in the matter. Wife and son of the petitioner were admitted to hospital as they had been afflicted with Coronavirus, which led to the petitioner having to quarantine himself. (ii) Secondly, in any event, the petitioner’s case has been that, given his difficulty, he was not in a position to file a response/objection to the show cause notice-...