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Income Tax Search & Seizure: Powers, Procedures & Taxpayer Rights

Income Tax : The framework clarifies that search operations can be initiated only when authorities have credible information and recorded reaso...

April 9, 2026 1383 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Search That Should Never Have Happened: Pramod Swarup Agarwal v. PDIT

Income Tax : The Court held that search action under tax law requires concrete material and cannot be based on assumptions. Lack of valid “re...

March 18, 2026 675 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC Warns Against Using Income Tax Search Material & AI Judgments in GST Cases

Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that presumptions under Sections 132(4A) and 292C of the Income Tax Act apply only to income-tax proceedings. GST a...

December 21, 2025 7563 Views 0 comment Print

Block Period Income Taxed at 60%: When Does Surcharge Become Mandatory?

Income Tax : Explains how Section 113 mandates surcharge on undisclosed income despite missing references in earlier Finance Acts. Clarifies le...

December 9, 2025 2028 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Search: A Step-by-Step Procedure

Income Tax : Learn the step-by-step procedure followed by Income Tax authorities during search and seizure operations, including legal safeguar...

September 14, 2025 2376 Views 0 comment Print


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CBDT issues Income Tax Search & Seizure Manual 2025

Income Tax : CBDT’s 2025 Search & Seizure Manual guides tax officers on lawful, tech-driven investigations under Sections 132–132B of the I...

October 25, 2025 17283 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2024: Block Assessment provisions for Section 132 & 132A Searches

Income Tax : Learn about the new block assessment provisions for cases involving searches under section 132 and requisitions under section 132A...

July 23, 2024 2277 Views 0 comment Print

Chhattisgarh Tax Raid Exposes Rs. 13 Crore Scam – Ministry Report

Income Tax : In-depth analysis of the Income Tax Department crackdown in Chhattisgarh, uncovering a Rs. 13 crore scam involving a PEP, associat...

February 9, 2024 1320 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Raids: Unearthing a Rs. 1,000 Crore Scam in Mumbai’s Electrical Industry

Income Tax : Ministry of Finance reveals Income Tax Department's massive search operation exposing a major tax evasion scheme in Mumbai's elect...

January 11, 2024 1968 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Raids in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Income Tax : Income Tax Department's recent searches reveal tax evasion schemes by contractors, leading to unaccounted cash and asset creation....

October 17, 2023 1563 Views 0 comment Print


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Income Tax Search Assessment Quashed as 60-Day Limitation Applied After Stay Was Vacated

Income Tax : The issue was whether a search-based assessment could be completed within 12 months after a Supreme Court ruling. The Court held t...

January 29, 2026 570 Views 0 comment Print

Post-Search Statements is not Incriminating Material for Section 153A

Income Tax : Delhi ITAT quashes ₹11 crore in tax additions, ruling that additions in a search case cannot be made without finding incriminati...

September 1, 2025 960 Views 0 comment Print

SC clarifies “reasons to believe” in Search & limits judicial review of raid grounds

Income Tax : Supreme Court in Laljibhai Mandalia case upholds tax search, clarifies reasons to believe and limits judicial review over the suff...

June 12, 2025 1587 Views 0 comment Print

Power to Assess Block Period of 10 Years Not Applicable for Searches Before 1-4-2017

Income Tax : Rupesh Kantilal Savla Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) - Power to assess block period of ten years could not be attracted in case of a Income...

January 2, 2025 1224 Views 0 comment Print

Mere name in panchnama cannot be treated as authorisation to conduct search

Income Tax : Explore Section 153A of Income Tax Act, its implications, and judicial interpretations. Learn about search proceedings, panchnama,...

May 21, 2024 5202 Views 0 comment Print


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CBDT notifies ITR-B for Income Tax Block Search Assessment Return

Income Tax : CBDT introduces ITR-B for search and seizure cases under section 158BC of the Income Tax Act, effective from 1st September 2024....

April 7, 2025 5472 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Dept searches a group from Erode in Tamil Nadu

Income Tax : The Income Tax Department carried out searches on 14.12.2020 in a group case from Erode in Tamil Nadu, covering 15 premises at Ero...

December 17, 2020 1293 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Department conducts searches in Chandigarh

Income Tax : The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operations on 13.12.2020 in the case of a Chandigarh based listed pharmac...

December 16, 2020 1032 Views 0 comment Print

Detection of undisclosed income of more than Rs. 450 crore in searches in Tamil Nadu

Income Tax : The related concerns of the assessee group are involved in financing, money lending and real estate development. The unaccounted t...

November 29, 2020 975 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Department searches at Chennai based IT Infra group

Income Tax : The Income Tax Department has carried out searches at 5 locations in Chennai and Madurai on 4.11.2020 in the case of a Chennai bas...

November 7, 2020 1152 Views 0 comment Print


₹ 450 Crore concealment detected in IT searches in Kolkata

January 16, 2021 804 Views 0 comment Print

So far, concealment of income amounting to more than Rs. 450 crore has been detected. The assessee has made an admission of undisclosed income amounting to Rs. 105 crore. The search action has resulted in seizure of unaccounted cash of Rs.1.58 crore.

Income Tax Dept conducts searches in Assam & Hyderabad

January 12, 2021 933 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Department conducts searches in Assam The Income Tax Department carried out search and survey action on 08/01/2021 in the cases of renowned Doctors/Medical professionals of Assam. The search and survey actions were carried out at 29 locations in Guwahati, Nalbari and Dibrugarh in Assam. The main allegations against the groups were that they […]

Income Tax Dept searches 3 real estate & stock broking groups of Kolkata

January 9, 2021 840 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure action on three real estate and stock broking groups of Kolkata on 05.01.2021. The search operation was conducted based on the available data in the departmental database, analysis of their financial statements, on market intelligence and field enquiries.

Seizure of undisclosed jewellery and its assessment- Legal Treatise

January 8, 2021 9522 Views 0 comment Print

Understand the legal aspects of seizure and assessment of undisclosed jewellery in income tax search cases.

Income Tax Department conducts searches in Kolkata

January 1, 2021 1098 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure action on two Kolkata based Groups engaged in manufacturing & trading of Steel, trading of marbles & stones, food grains etc.

Income Tax Department conducts searches in Delhi

December 31, 2020 1092 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure action on a number of hawala operators engaged in the activity of routing and handling unaccounted cash in Delhi region. The search action has resulted in unearthing of incriminating evidences revealing various shell entities being used for raising bogus purchase/sale bills, and routing of unaccounted funds through several layers of bank accounts. Such shell entities are closed after two months, and new ones are formed.

An Interplay – Income Tax Search and Seizure & Income Tax Settlement Commission

December 30, 2020 3912 Views 1 comment Print

Chapter XIX-A of the Act pertains to settlement of cases. Under sub-section (1) of section 245C of the Act, an assessee at any stage of a case relating to him can make an application for settlement in the prescribed manner.

Income Tax Dept searches a group from Erode in Tamil Nadu

December 17, 2020 1293 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department carried out searches on 14.12.2020 in a group case from Erode in Tamil Nadu, covering 15 premises at Erode and Chennai. The group is a leading civil contractor for Government works, specialised in erecting Seawave breaks along the coastlines and diversified into bus transport, running marriage halls and food masala business.

Income Tax Department conducts searches in Chandigarh

December 16, 2020 1032 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operations on 13.12.2020 in the case of a Chandigarh based listed pharmaceutical company and its associated concerns. A total of 11 premises were covered spanning Chandigarh, Delhi and Mumbai.

Income Tax Department conducts searches in Pune Region

December 15, 2020 7560 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department carried out search and surveyactionon 10.12.2020 in the cases of leading builders and entry operators in the Panvel region of Pune. The search and survey actions were carried out at 29 locations in Panvel and Vashi.

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