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The petitioner was a firm of auditors. During the course of search and seizure operations conducted against EMAAR, the laptop computers of two employees of the petitioner, who were conducting an audit of EMAAR, were seized by the Deputy Director.
The issues that arise in the present appeal lie within a short circumference. As the warrant of authorization under Section 132, which is required to be founded on a reasonable belief of the authorized official regarding the existence of the conditions precedent to the exercise of the power to issue the same
Arjuna: Krishna, Which may be biggest cracker if we correlated with the Income Tax Provision? Krishna: Arjuna, listen gladly, the salesmen in the market sells different types of crackers likewise there are various provisions in various laws. Accordingly in Income tax the biggest cracker is the cracker that explodes in 6 different ways, we call it as ‘Six Shots’ and that cracker is of ‘SEARCH OR RAID’
On a plain reading of Section 153C, it is evident that the Assessing Officer of the searched person must be “satisfied” that inter alia any document seized or requisitioned “belongs to” a person other than the searched person.
Sec 153A cannot be used to re-agitate concluded assessment in the absence of any incriminating material. Hon’ble Agra ITAT Bench has in the order of DCIT V/S Kalyani Chaturvedi has held that assessments that have attained finality don’t abate at the time of search and they cannot be done de-novo u/s 153A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 in the absence of any fresh incriminating material found during the course of search by observing as under :-
Power of survey The existing provision contained in section 133A of the Act enables the Income-tax authority to enter any premises in which business or profession is carried out for the purposes of survey. An income-tax authority acting under this section may impound and retain in his custody any books of account or documents inspected […]
Brief Facts of the case are that the assessee is engaged in the business of foodgrains. During the course of the assessment proceedings, the Assessing Officer noticed that the assessee has shown unsecured creditors amounting to Rs 80,27,616 but, as certain payments made to these persons
Where a search is initiated u/s 132 of the Act etc., the A.O shall issue a notice requiring the person searched etc. to furnish his return of income in respect of each assessment year falling within six assessment years immediately preceding the assessment year relevant to the previous year
A bare perusal of the provision contained in Section 153C of the I .T. Act leaves no doubt that, as is provided under Section 158BD, where the Assessing Officer, while proceeding under Section 153A against a person who has been subjected to search and seizure under Section 132(1)
The legislature has intentionally drafted the provisions relating to Search and Survey in the statue book of Income Tax Act, 1961 with the target of unearthing the undisclosed income of any person in form of any money, bullion, jewellery or other valuable article or thing.
