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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 180 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 402 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 71205 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


Delhi HC Quashes Section 153C Notices, Rules WhatsApp Evidence Irrelevant

April 15, 2025 1902 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC sets aside Sec 153C notices against Ishita Varshney Jain. WhatsApp image of unrelated Agreement to Sell found on husband’s phone insufficient ground.

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

April 10, 2025 1212 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.

Section 69A Addition Invalid if ownership of money or valuable not proved: ITAT Nagpur

April 10, 2025 2085 Views 0 comment Print

There are absolutely no credible and reliable evidences to establish that entire loans in cash were from the undisclosed funds whereas loan in cheques were accepted to be that of person other assessee and his role as a conduit or a mere intermediary was established.

Addition based on dumb seized document not sustainable: ITAT Delhi

April 9, 2025 4674 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that seized document merely indicates some rates than pinpointing any specific on-money payment or receipt; as the case may be, involving the assessee. Thus, addition is liable to be deleted.

Single Satisfaction Note under Section 153C for Multiple Years is invalid: Karnataka HC

April 8, 2025 1542 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka HC rules single tax ‘satisfaction note’ invalid for multiple years. Separate notes required under Section 153C, impacting tax assessments.

Addition merely based on dumb documents/ loose paper not tenable: ITAT Nagpur

April 7, 2025 1125 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Nagpur held that addition made on the basis of dumb documents, loose paper containing scribbling, rough/vague noting’s in the absence of any corroborative material is not tenable in law. Thus, appeal of revenue dismissed.

Section 124 Deals with Territorial Jurisdiction, Not Core Jurisdictional Conditions of Section 153C: Bombay HC

April 7, 2025 999 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court permits challenge to 153C jurisdiction, ruling cross-objections not required to support favorable order.

Recording of consolidated satisfaction note u/s. 153C for different assessment years is bad-in-law

April 5, 2025 1284 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that satisfaction note is required to be recorded u/s.153C for each assessment year, thus, recording of consolidated satisfaction note for different assessment years (AY) would vitiate the entire assessment proceedings.

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