Section 153C

It is well settled proposition of law that the apprehension, howsoever strong, cannot substitute material evidences. A.O. was not justified in treating part of liabilities as unproved on presumptions, surmises and conjectures...

K.S. Nutrition and Food Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) Assessee, inter alia, submitted that the Assessing Officer was not justified in assuming jurisdiction u/s. 153C of the Act in the present case, as the assessment year under consideration does not come within the compass of the block of six assessment years, if it is […]...

Neesa Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) Since the proceedings u/s. 153C of the Act were initiated in the present case on the basis of documents which we have held above neither belonged to the assessee nor were incriminating in nature, they were not sufficient for assuming jurisdiction u/s. 153C of the Act. The […]...

The pertinent assertion of learned counsel Shri Gargieya is that the assessing authority could not have adopted the procedure provided under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act for reopening the assessment of the petitioner because such action was taken on the basis of facts revealed to the assessing authority during the assessment of DRA G...

Addition cannot be made on the basis of mere confidential information submitted before Settlement Commission without incriminating material found in search and seizure to support addition....

Ashok Kumar Tyagi Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) ITAT held that the addition of agricultural income as income from other sources was not based on any incriminating/seized material found as a result of search. Even, the disallowance of loss claimed against house property income is also not with reference to any seized material. It is a […]...

PCIT Vs Vikas Telecom Ltd (Delhi High Court) In this case the learned Assessing Officer while farming the assessment order has not referred to any seized documents belonging to the assessee found during the course of search proceedings. In the remand proceedings the learned Assessing Officer has also submitted that no any incriminating ma...

Since no fresh information was collected by AO or no information had come to the notice of AO in normal course, other than the information collected during the course of search from searched person therefore, as provided under sections 153A and 153C, search assessments was required to be made under section 153A or section 153C, but not un...

If the party who is seeking condonation of delay has not acted in malafide manner and reasons explained are factually correct then the Court should be liberal in construing the sufficient cause and lean in favour of such party....

Bajrang Tea Manufacturing Company Private Limited Vs Union of India (Calcutta High Court) I am of the view that a very short issue, according to me, involved in these writ petition is as to whether before passing the aforesaid impugned assessment orders, the objections/representations made by the petitioners against the initiation of impu...