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Delay in Recording Satisfaction Note Under Section 153C Can Invalidate Search Proceedings

Income Tax : Judicial rulings clarify that satisfaction for initiating action against other persons in search cases must be recorded promptly. ...

March 11, 2026 1560 Views 0 comment Print

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 2604 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 1968 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 6918 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 2940 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 2127 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Alleged Accommodation Entry Addition deleted Due to Loan Repayment Misclassification

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that loan repayment cannot be treated as unexplained cash credit under section 68. The addition was deleted as i...

April 16, 2026 279 Views 0 comment Print

Reopening Fails on Both Counts: Invalid Sec 148A Notice and Time-Barred Sec 148 Render Assessment Void

Income Tax : The issue was whether a notice granting less than the statutory minimum time is valid. The tribunal held that giving less than 7 d...

April 16, 2026 162 Views 0 comment Print

No reassessment beyond 3 years without proper sanction of prescribed higher authority

Income Tax : Reassessment proceedings was invalid for a notice issued beyond three years without the sanction of the prescribed higher authorit...

April 15, 2026 249 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Rajkot: Addition Based on ‘Dump Excel Sheet’ Deleted – No Evidence, No Tax

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that unsigned excel sheets without supporting evidence cannot justify additions. It ruled that absence of corrob...

April 14, 2026 690 Views 0 comment Print

Third-Party Excel Sheets & Statements Without Corroboration Have No Evidentiary Value

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai deletes Section 69 additions holding that third-party excel sheets and statements without corroborative evidence lack ...

April 13, 2026 207 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


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 2466 Views 0 comment Print


Scrutiny of Additions Based on Seized Documents Remanded for Re-Examination

April 17, 2025 690 Views 0 comment Print

The JDA was signed between one Mr. U.K. Hasanabba and Mr. U. Ibrahim on one side as landowners and Mr. Abdul Khader K (on behalf of the assessee) and Mr. K. Hussain Abbas (on behalf of the HNGC Builders and Developers).

Court cannot exercise discretionary jurisdiction to restrain Tax officer from assessment proceedings

April 15, 2025 525 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that Court cannot exercise its discretionary jurisdiction to restrain income tax officers from proceedings with assessment proceedings where huge unaccounted income in accommodation entry has been detected.

WhatsApp Evidence Invalid Without Section 65B Compliance: Madras HC

April 15, 2025 1896 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court sets aside IT assessment orders for Vetrivel Minerals citing lack of incriminating evidence and breach of natural justice principles.

Section 153C not requires AO to establish link between searched & non-searched persons

April 14, 2025 918 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that section 153C of the Income Tax Act doesn’t required AO to find or uncover a relationship or an association between the searched and the non-searched person.

Section 68 Inapplicable: Depositor Identity, Source Established & Recorded in Books

April 12, 2025 5760 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai rules on Sakthi Realty case, deleting additions for unexplained deposits. Details on customer deposits, tax assessment, and tribunal’s decision.

Unaccounted deposits treated as Liabilities, and not income?

April 12, 2025 1389 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai rules unaccounted customer deposits, with traceable identities and commercial substance, are liabilities, not income under Section 68.

Section 153C Proceedings based on specific WhatsApp chats justified: Rajasthan HC

April 10, 2025 1206 Views 0 comment Print

Rajasthan High Court held that initiation of proceedings under section 153C of the Income Tax Act based on WhatsApp chats with specific inputs cannot be said to be vague or hit by the strict parameters of Section 153C of the Income Tax Act.

Assessment order quashed as mere technical approval granted u/s. 153D: ITAT Delhi

April 9, 2025 1269 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that the approval granted u/s. 153D in the nature of a ‘technical approval’ in symbolic exercise of powers under s. 153D. Hence, the consequential assessment orders based on such repugnant approval under s. 153D is bad in law in tune with earlier years.

Pre-Decisional Hearing Mandatory Before Blocking E-Credit Ledger Under GST Rule 86A: HC

April 8, 2025 480 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka High Court held that blocking of Electronic Credit Ledger by invoking Rule 86A of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 [CGST Rules] without granting pre-decisional hearing and without stating cogent reason in order is impermissible in law.

Re-opening u/s. 147 quashed as not based on tangible material: Madras HC

April 7, 2025 1068 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court held that re-opening of assessment u/s. 147 must be based on some tangible material without such tangible material, re-opening is merely inspired from change of opinion and hence the same is liable to be quashed.

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