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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 1566 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

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

Time-Barred Assessment under Section 153C: Judicial Precedents

Income Tax : AY 2015-16 assessment under Section 153C held time-barred. Judicial rulings confirm six-year limit runs from handing over of seize...

September 5, 2025 2718 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 1764 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


Section 153C Assessment Quashed Over Unsigned Seized Document: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that an unsigned agreement without corroboration cannot be treated as incriminating material. Proceedings under ...

April 18, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

On-Money Addition Based on Excel Sheet Deleted: No Corroborative Evidence

Income Tax : The Tribunal deleted additions where the Revenue failed to prove actual cash transactions. It emphasized that suspicion and assump...

April 18, 2026 183 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Quashed as Wrong Provision Invoked Instead of Section 153C: ITAT Jaipur

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that reopening under Section 147 was invalid where it was based on third-party search material. It ruled that Se...

April 17, 2026 432 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 171 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay HC Quashed Section 153C Proceedings Due to Delay in Recording Satisfaction Note

Income Tax : The Court held that a 21-month delay in recording the satisfaction note violates the requirement of immediacy. It ruled that such ...

April 15, 2026 201 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Government extends timelines for Income Tax Assessment (Read Notification)

Income Tax : Central Government has decided to extend the time limits to 30th June, 2021 in the following cases where the time limit was earlie...

April 27, 2021 71211 Views 4 comments Print

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


Gujarat High Court Criticises ITAT’s Casual Remand in Tax Evasion Case

April 29, 2025 1440 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat High Court sets aside ITAT’s order, criticising the casual remand of a tax evasion case despite the assessee’s non-compliance.

Reassessment proceedings based on incorrect information liable to be quashed

April 29, 2025 2172 Views 0 comment Print

Patna High Court held that reassessment proceedings initiated on the basis of incorrect information which was not supported by any material is not sustainable in law. Accordingly, order passed thereon is liable to be quashed.

ITAT Quashes Assessments: Multiple Approvals Granted in One Day Without Scrutiny

April 29, 2025 3300 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi rules assessment void in MDLR Hotels case due to Additional CIT’s failure to apply mind while granting approval under Section 153D.

AO Cannot Initiate Section 143(3) Assessment After Recording Satisfaction U/s 153C

April 27, 2025 1524 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi quashes AY 2021-22 assessment against Arti Dhall, ruling section 153C was not correctly applied in case linked to Hans Group search.

Person other than searched person should be assessed u/s. 153C instead of 143(3): ITAT Delhi

April 22, 2025 1542 Views 0 comment Print

Coordinate Tribunal in the case of Arti Dhall vs. DCIT has held that in the case on hand undoubtedly the satisfaction note u/s 153C of the Act was recorded on 27.09.2022 which falls in the previous year 2022-23 relevant to the AY 2023-24.

Section 153D Approval Must Be Year-Specific, Independent & Non-Mechanical: Delhi ITAT

April 19, 2025 1656 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi ITAT: Section 153D approval requires specific application of mind per assessment year, not blanket or mechanical. Assessment quashed.

Section 40A(3) not invocable as income assessed at flat gross profit rate: ITAT Chennai

April 18, 2025 927 Views 0 comment Print

Aggrieved against the directions of CIT(A) to the AO for assessment of gross profit on unaccounted sales of unaccounted purchases and enhancement on account of disallowance of cash payment u/s.40A(3) of the Act, the assessee came in appeal before the Tribunal.

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

April 17, 2025 693 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).

ITAT Quashes Assessments Over Common & Mechanical Approvals for Multiple Years

April 16, 2025 1329 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi quashes assessment orders against Splendor Landbase and its director, faulting the JCIT’s mechanical approval under Section 153D.

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.

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