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Special vs General: Time Limit Conflict between Section 144C(13) and Section 153 of Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Courts are divided on whether the DRP-specific deadline under Section 144C(13) overrides the general assessment time bar in Sectio...

December 16, 2025 825 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Compounding of Offences under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : CBDT issues new compounding guidelines simplifying process, eligibility, charges, and procedures under the Income-tax Act from Oct...

October 30, 2025 1524 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Prosecution provision under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : A summary of prosecution offences under Chapter XXII of the Income Tax Act (Sections 275A to 280), detailing the rigorous imprison...

October 29, 2025 6168 Views 0 comment Print

Compounding of offence under the Income-tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : CBDT's new Compounding of Offence Guidelines (2024) simplify the process but maintain strict compliance rules. Learn about eligibi...

October 17, 2025 2268 Views 0 comment Print

Consolidated Satisfaction Note under Section 153C Held Invalid

Income Tax : Learn why a consolidated satisfaction note for multiple assessment years is legally invalid under Section 153C of the Income Tax A...

September 5, 2025 942 Views 0 comment Print


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Budget 2024: Block Assessment provisions for Section 132 & 132A Searches

Income Tax : Learn about the new block assessment provisions for cases involving searches under section 132 and requisitions under section 132A...

July 23, 2024 1740 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Section 68 Additions Fail After Remand Verification Confirms Loans

Income Tax : The ITAT upheld deletion of Section 68 additions where identity, creditworthiness, and genuineness of unsecured loans were proved ...

January 3, 2026 114 Views 0 comment Print

Section 263 Fails Where 153C Assessment Has Valid 153D Approval

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that revision under Section 263 cannot be exercised over a search assessment completed under Section 153C with p...

January 3, 2026 48 Views 0 comment Print

Abated Assessment Year Lets AO Re-Examine Entire Return

Income Tax : The dispute centered on jurisdiction to assess under Section 153A. The Tribunal clarified that Kabul Chawla principles do not bar ...

January 3, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

Mechanical U/s 153D Approval Voids Entire Search Assessment

Income Tax : The approving authority merely stated that records were perused without demonstrating scrutiny. The Tribunal held that mechanical ...

January 3, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

No Corroboration, No Tax: Diary-Based Search Additions Deleted

Income Tax : Additions under section 153A were deleted as they rested only on an unowned diary without proof of authorship or corroborative evi...

January 3, 2026 225 Views 0 comment Print


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Selection of Case of Search Years in ITBA Assessment module

Income Tax : Availability of Miscellaneous Functionalities related to ‘Selection of Case of Search Year’ and ‘Relevant Search...

September 12, 2019 2382 Views 0 comment Print


Notice issued u/s. 148 quashed as resolution plan under IBC already approved

February 13, 2025 600 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat High Court held that notice issued under section 148 of the Income Tax Act after approval of resolution plan by the adjudicating authority under Sub-section (1) of Section 31 of the IBC is liable to be quashed and set aside.

Order of Settlement Commission choosing one of two possible views cannot be interfered

February 13, 2025 417 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala High Court held that court cannot interfere with order of settlement commission if challenge is merely that Settlement Commission has chosen to take one of two possible views that can be legally taken in respect of an issue. Accordingly, writ disposed of.

Section 153C cannot extend indiscriminately to Multiple AYs: Delhi HC

February 11, 2025 4557 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court rules on Section 153C notices for AYs 2014-15 to 2020-21 in Dev Technofab Limited Vs DCIT, citing lack of incriminating material for reopening assessments.

Ignorance of law is not sufficient ground to condone delay: ITAT Bangalore

February 10, 2025 816 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that ignorance of law is not a ground for condonation of delay, hence delay of 879 days in filing of an appeal without any sufficient reason shown is not condonable. Accordingly, appeal dismissed.

Passing of final assessment order without prior approval u/s. 153D untenable

February 10, 2025 717 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Raipur held that AO has passed the final assessment order u/s.143(3) r.w.s. 153B(b) of the Act without seeking a prior approval of the same by the Jt. CIT u/s. 153D of the Income Tax Act and hence the order so passed is liable to be quashed.

Revision u/s. 263 for invoking penalty provisions u/s. 270A(9)(e) without intimation u/s. 143(1)(a) untenable

February 8, 2025 390 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that revisionary proceedings under section 263 of the Income Tax Act for invoking penalty provisions u/s. 270A(9)(e) without issue of intimation under section 143(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act is unjustifiable and untenable in law.

Budget 2025: Block Assessment Amendments in Income Tax Search Cases

February 7, 2025 4644 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2025 revises block assessment rules for search cases, covering undisclosed income, assessment procedures, penalties, and time limits under I-T Act Sections 158B-158BG.

Assuming joint ownership and taxing income without proving beneficial interest not tenable

February 4, 2025 903 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that deeming income from house property @50% merely on the assumption that assessee was signatory to the instrument is untenable in law since assessee doesn’t own beneficial interest in the property.

No addition u/s 69A for unexplained cash loan as assessee provided sufficient evidence

February 3, 2025 1320 Views 0 comment Print

Addition made under Section 69A for an alleged unexplained cash loan was not justified as assessee provided evidence of receiving the loan through banking channels and not through cash.

Assessments restored back to CIT(A) due to non-cooperation by assessee: ITAT Ahmedabad

January 29, 2025 375 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that entire assessments has been restored to the file of CIT(A) for de novo consideration since assessee was found to be absolutely non-cooperative and took every step to thwart/stonewall the assessment proceedings.

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