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Calcutta High Court Quashes Notices under Section 148 of Income Tax Act, 1961 which were Issued After 31st March 2021 in 1083 cases. Bagaria Properties and Investment Pvt. Ltd. & 1082 Anr. Vs. U.O.I & Ors.
The Division bench of the High Court of Delhi in the case of Mon Mohan Kohli Vs Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax & Anr. quashed all reassessment notices on 15th Dec, 2021 issued by taxmen under the old regime on or after April 1, 2021, bringing in a huge relief for the taxpayers. They made […]
Introduction of section 148A and relevant amendments in Section 147, Section 148 and Section 149 (herein together referred to as new reassessment provisions) was the major portion of Finance Act 2021. The applicability of these new reassessment provisions was from 1st April 2021.
Mon Mohan Kohli Vs ACIT & Anr. (Delhi High Court) This Court is of the view that as the Legislature has introduced the new provisions, Sections 147 to 151 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 by way of the Finance Act, 2021 with effect from 1st April, 2021 and as the said Section 147 is […]
JSVM Plywood Industries Ltd Vs Union of India (Gauhati High Court) Prima facie opinion of the Court, for the purpose of interim order, is that by virtue of notifications dated 27.02.2021 and 31.03.2021 issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes, as referred herein before, though extends the period of limitation in respect of issuance […]
We know that provisions of sections 147 to 151 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 deal with Reassessment of and escaped assessment of income of an assessee. Income Tax Officer under these provisions reassess by reopening the cases assessed earlier on the believe that incomes or profits or gains chargeable to income tax has escaped […]
Bpip Infra Private Limited Vs ITO (Rajasthan High Court) In these cases petitioners are aggrieved of issuance of the re-assessment notice u/s.148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, which according to the petitioners are barred by limitation and that the Department before issuing the notice under Section 148 of the Act has not followed the […]
Ashok Kumar Agrawal Vs Union of India (Chhattisgarh High Court) It is submitted that on the date i.e. on 28.06.2021 when the notice under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act is issued, the power to issue the notice was preceded with a new provision of law and thereby Section 148 is to read with […]
Compare a situation where there is a pair of same-twin, one of whom is your employee. For some purposes, whether the sibling brother of your employee can replace your employee just because he is same-looking? The reason for the title because the Finance Act, 2021 has substituted section 148 with effect from 1-Apr-2021 and a […]
The deferment of application of old provisions of section 148 was done by the CBDT, Ministry of Finance by way of conditional legislation in the peculiar circumstances which arose during the pandemic and lock down. Hence, there being no full delegation of powers in the scenario, the Central Government cannot be said to have encroached upon turf of Parliament.
