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ITAT Delhi held that addition primarily on the basis of statements alone and no other corroborative evidence and that too without giving assessee an opportunity to cross examine the said persons is unsustainable in law and liable to be set aside.
ITAT Delhi held that initiation of proceedings u/s 153C of the Income Tax Act based on seized dumb documents found in the premises of third party is unsustainable in law as the seized documents are merely loose sheets not forming part of the books of account of the assessee and that they do not constitute admissible evidence.
ITAT Mumbai held that addition under section 69B of the Income Tax Act towards unexplained investment sustained excel sheet and whatsapp chat are incriminating material found and seized during the course of search action.
Allahabad High Court held that delay of three days in depositing the arrears of tax under Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020 due to unforeseen and extraneous circumstances that were beyond the control of the petitioner is condonable.
Analysis of the ITAT Lucknow case Mahendra Lalka Vs DCIT on Sec 69 of the Income Tax Act. Key findings, implications, and legal insights included.
ITAT Jaipur held that in absence of a valid satisfaction note the notice issued under Section 153C of the Income Tax Act 1961 is bad in law. Resultantly the assessment order passed u/s 143(3) r.w.s. 153C of the Act is void ab initio and liable to be quashed.
ITAT Delhi held that addition based on incriminating material found during the search carried out of ‘some other person’ i.e. third person/ party and assessing the same by invoking provision of section 147 instead of section 153C is unsustainable.
ITAT Chennai held that in absence of incriminating material as a result of search, no addition can be made in the assessment framed u/s.143(3) r.w.s.153A of the Act, if such assessments are unabated on the date of search.
CESTAT Chennai held that Royal Sundaram General Insurance Company paying Commission to unapproved dealers in the guise of receipt of ‘data processing and policy servicing and related activities’ service. Accordingly, since such service is not received by the company they are ineligible to avail CENVAT Credit of the same.
ITAT Chennai held that in the present case AO himself referred the matter for special audit u/s 142(2A), however, report of special auditor was later rejected without assigning any reasons for the same is in explicable.
