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Delhi High Court held that dismissed the petition as adequate efficacious alternative remedy is available by way of filing an appeal under section 16 of the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets and Imposition of Tax) Act.
Based on this satisfaction, a separate satisfaction note stood recorded u/s 153C of the Act in the hands of the assessee on 3.10.2022 by AO of the assessee. Hence the date of search in the case of the assessee becomes 3.10.2022 relevant to Asst Year 2023-24.
Assessee had filed his income tax return on in which he declared a total income of Rs. 35,00,611, accepted under Section 143(1). A subsequent search and seizure operation on Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Co. brought assessee’s finances under scrutiny, as he was allegedly linked to the company.
Aggrieved by the relief granted by CIT(A) to assessee, Revenue preferred Appeal before ITAT for the assessment years under consideration and against the deletion of additions made by AO. ITAT dismissed the appeal.
Delhi High Court remands ITAT case for reconsideration on S. 153C, clarifying its applicability to searches conducted before the Finance Act 2015 amendment.
Jaipur ITAT rules on Vinaya Sharma’s agricultural land sale dispute, determining its taxability under the definition of capital assets in Section 2(14) of the IT Act.
ITAT Vishakhapatnam held that addition u/s. 69 r.w.s. 115BBE of the Income Tax Act merely on the basis of excel sheet seized from third party without any independent enquiry and independent corroborative evidences is unsustainable in law.
Delhi High Court held that re-assessment proceedings set aside as assessment in respect of the AY 2015-16 falls beyond the period of ten years as stipulated u/s. 149 read with Section 153C of the Income Tax Act.
ITAT Delhi held that transfer of shares of company by one set of shareholders to another set of shareholders does not give rise to any taxable event in the hands of company and has no tax incidence in the hands of the company whose shares were subject matter of transfer.
Addition of unsecured loans as unexplained cash credits under Section 68 was unjustified as all the above transactions were duly recorded in the books of account and there was no undisclosed cash credit involved in these transactions.