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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 1386 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 2031 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


Income Tax Department conducts searches in NCR

December 3, 2019 1767 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department conducted a search and survey action on a group having interest in infrastructure, mining and real estate. More than 25 premises were covered in NCR.

Bank Account disclosed in ITR found in search cannot be treated as Incriminating Material

November 29, 2019 1806 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the addition made by AO u/s 68 by considering the share application money received by assessee as unexplained cash credit is justified in law?

Income Tax Dept seizes substantial amount of cash in Tamil Nadu

November 19, 2019 1872 Views 0 comment Print

On 15.11.2019, the Income Tax Department commenced a search action under section 132 in the case of a company in a tier 3 city in Tamil Nadu. The company is in the business of manufacturing certain specialized materials which are supplied to the health sector in India and abroad.

Income Tax searches on prominent business groups in Mumbai

November 15, 2019 1413 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department conducted search action in Mumbai and Surat on 06.11.2019 on entry providers and beneficiaries who have been engaged in execution of civil contracts mainly in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). A total of 37 premises were covered under search action and 7 premises were covered under survey.

I-T Dept conducts search on an Educational Group in Chennai

November 11, 2019 990 Views 0 comment Print

On 07.11.2019, the Income Tax Department conducted search action under the Income-tax Act, 1961 in the case of a group of trusts that are running educational institutions in and around Chennai for the past thirty years. The institutes run by the group include a number of engineering colleges, polytechnic institutes, dental college, nursing colleges, hospitals & schools. The group has interests in other sectors like fishing harbor, cement, milk, bottled water and iron & steel etc.

Income Tax Department conducts search on a prominent business group in Pune

November 8, 2019 1239 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Department conducted searches on a prominent business group in Pune on 06/11/2019 under the Income Tax Act, 1961. The searches were conducted at various places covering the cities of Pune, Mumbai, Nagpur, Delhi, Bengaluru and Noida.

Income Tax Department makes high cash seizure in Pune

November 8, 2019 2397 Views 1 comment Print

Income Tax Department conducted a search in the case of a businessman in Pune on 04/11/2019 and made a high cash seizure. The search was conducted at the residence of the businessman.

Income Tax Department conducts search on a prominent business group in Delhi 

October 23, 2019 996 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Department conducted search operation on a group based in Delhi in connection with tax evasion and money laundering. The group is engaged in various e-governance projects and financial services. It has presence across several cities in India and also in Dubai.

Income Tax Department conducts Search on wellness group

October 18, 2019 1440 Views 2 comments Print

On 16.10.2019, the Income Tax Department conducted search action under the Income-tax Act, 1961 in the case of a conglomerate of trusts and companies that run year-round wellness courses and training programmes in philosophy, spirituality, etc at various sprawling residential campuses in Varadaiahpalem in AP, and also in Chennai and Bangalore.

Income Tax Department conducts searches on business group in Goa

October 14, 2019 945 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department carried out search operation on 10/10/2019 covering six premises of two groups involved in the sale-purchase of hotel resort at Goa. One of the groups covered currently owns a large property at Goa on which a 5 star resort project is being built. The group is engaged primarily in Hotels & Hospitality, real estate and construction. The buyer, a Delhi Based group of companies is into catering, restaurant and hotel business.

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