Section 153C

Issuance of notice under section 153C is mandatory and a condition precedent for taking action against assessee under section 153C, therefore, assessment order under section 153C issued without issuing a notice under section 153C was bad in law....

When dumb documents like loose sheets of papers are recovered and revenue wants to make use of it, onus rests on the Revenue to collect cogent evidence to corroborate the noting therein. As AO failed to do so, addition made under section 153C was deleted....

Shri Anil Agarwal Vs ACIT (ITAT Indore) It has been held that even when the Assessing Officer of the person searched and the other person is common, the Assessing Officer of the person searched has to necessarily form a satisfaction that the item referred to in section 153C belongs or belong to a person other […]...

DCIT Vs Esteem Textiles P. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi)  Evidently, AO on the basis of a letter written by the company, which was returned by the assessee by putting its signature and seal in confirmation of the accounts, had framed the assessment under section 153C. However, the said document could not be said to belong to […]...

PCIT Vs N.S. Software (Firm) (Delhi High Court) It is now a settled proposition of law that even if AO for the person from whose premises documents were seized is the same as the AO for the person to whom  document belonged, separate satisfaction notes must be recorded. In the instant case, the AO’s note […]...

Shri Balaji Builders Kakinada Vs ACIT (ITAT Visakhapatnam) Merely because books of account could not be traced at the time of survey/search, it could not be presumed that the books of account were not maintained unless all the efforts were made by AO. Further As per the provisions of section 153C of the Act, it […]...

Mere hand written paper could not be construed as books of account or documents in terms of section 153C and such documents having no signature of assessee-company or its employees could not be stated as belonging to assessee, so as to invoke section 153C....

The only mistake on the part of AO was in mentioning section 153A, instead of section 153C. If this mistake was not allowed to be cured, the very purpose and object of enacting section 292B would be defeated as impugned notice in substance and effect, was in conformity with or according to the intent and purpose of the Act....

Recording of satisfaction by AO of person searched is a condition precedent for AO of other person to acquire jurisdiction and unless jurisdictional condition is satisfied, there can be no question of making assessment or reassessment in the case of such other person....

These are cross appeals by the assessee and the Revenue emanating out of the orders of learned CIT(Appeals)-III, Nagpur for assessment years 2008-09 and 2009-10 respectively. Since the issues are connected and the appeals were heard together...