Section 148 notice issued to a dead assesse is notice without jurisdiction

Arunaben Kanaiyalal Patel L/R of Late Kanaiyalal Dalsukh Patel Vs ACIT (Gujarat High Court)

The subject matter of challenge in the present writ application is to the notice of reopening issued under Section 148 of the Act for the A.Y. 2017-18, essentially on the ground that the same is without jurisdiction as the impugned notice has been issued to a dead assessee.

The issue raised in the present writ application is no longer res integra in view of the decision of

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