jurisdictional facts should be established by Dept to justify a search authorization

Shiva Cement Limited Vs Director of Income Tax (Inv.) (Orissa High Court)

It is trite that under Section 132(1) of the Act, the jurisdictional facts should be established by the Department to justify a search authorization. But there cannot be any presumption that there is no such information available with the Department. The observations by the Delhi High Court that the information which forms the basis of such search operation must be based on credible information and there must be a nexus between the information and the

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