Time-Barred Section 153C Assessment Struck Down for Non-Searched Person

Advertisement Quadra Infratel Synergies Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) 153C limitation counted from date of handover, not original search; ITAT Delhi quashes assessment as time-barred Delhi  Tribunal allowed Assessee’s appeal &  quashed assessment u/s 153C as barred by limitation. Tribunal noted that search was conducted on a third party (A-Tek Enterprises) on 28-06-2018, but seized material was handed over to AO of Assessee only on 26-10-2021, &  satisfaction u/s 153C was recorded on 24-01-2022. Following binding law laid down by SC in CIT vs Jasjit Singh &  Delhi HC in P...