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ITAT held that A transaction of purchase and a transaction of sale are two different transactions in two opposite directions. If the allegation is that bogus purchases were made and the reply given thereof is that no such purchases were made, but in fact it was a sale by the assessee, it was for the Income Tax officials to apply their own mind on the reply given by the petitioner.
Court is of the view that the impugned order under Section 148A(d) of the Act has been passed in great haste and in gross violation of principle of natural justice as the Petitioner was not given reasonable time to file a reply.
Pradeep Kumar Varshney Vs ITO (Delhi High Court) Learned counsel for the Petitioner states that in the present case notice under Section 148A is not warranted as it is a case of Section 153C of the Act to which proviso (c) of Section 148A applies. In response to a pointed query, Mr. Sunil Agarwal, learned […]
Court is of the view that the delay of one day in asking for an adjournment should not have led to closure of the right to file a reply to the Show Cause Notice.
Impugned order under clause (d) of Section 148A of the Act was issued on April 1, 2022 without taking the petitioner’s response to the initial notice into consideration.
Shri Sai Co-Operative Thrift and Credit Society Ltd. Vs ITO (Delhi High Court) In the present case, though the petitioner responded to the show cause notice, yet it could not provide all the relevant details and documents, as the time period of three days to respond to the show cause notice was inadequate. Consequently, this […]
Giant Construction Company Vs DCIT (Madras High Court) The petitioner assails the communication dated 21.04.2022 by which the objections raised by the petitioner to the reopening of the assessment were rejected. The petitioner asserts that the impugned communication is in contravention of the amended Section 148-A of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Upon the insertion […]
Indus Towers Ltd Vs Income Tax Officer (Delhi High Court) Having perused the letter dated 9th May, 2022 written by the Income Tax Officer, Ward 6(2), Jaipur, this Court is of the view that the said Income Tax Officer had no jurisdiction to issue notice dated 14th March, 2022 to propose initiation of reassessment proceedings, […]
Ajay Bhandari Vs Union of India (Allahabad High Court) Reassessment — Reopening of assessment — Reopening notice issued under unammended provisions — Reliefs sought in petition is to quash impugned notice u/s 148 — Held, as per Clauses 6.2 and 7.1 of Board’s Circular dated 11.05.2022, if a case does not fall under Clause (b) […]
Inner Wheel Club of Central Calcutta Vs Union of India & Ors. (Calcutta High Court) HC directs Income Tax Authorities to consider Representations made on 25/03/2022 and subsequent dates and then pass Order under sec 148A(d). They have been also directed to give the assessee opportunity of hearing. FULL TEXT OF THE ORDER OF CALCUTTA […]
