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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


Latest News


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


Arbitrary Addition based on mobile images without corroborative evidence unjustified

April 5, 2025 5391 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chandigarh deleted additions made by AO for alleged undisclosed land investment based on uncorroborated mobile images in Harvinder Kaur case.

Section 127 Order Mandatory for Transfer of Jurisdiction: ITAT Raipur

April 4, 2025 2070 Views 0 comment Print

In Peter Vaz vs CIT, Bombay HC rules ITAT erred in barring Sec 153C challenge & refusing delay condonation. Cites Rule 27, Balakrishnan (SC). Matter remanded.

Reassessment Under Section 147 Invalid When Based on Search Findings

April 3, 2025 2121 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata quashes reassessment u/s 147, stating that search-based findings must follow Section 153C. Read the full case details and judgment summary.

Recording of satisfaction note pre-requisite for initiating proceeding u/s. 153C: Madras HC

April 3, 2025 1137 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court held that the recording of satisfaction note is pre- requisite before initiating proceeding under section 153C of the Income Tax Act. In absence of the same, assessment order is liable to be quashed. Accordingly, appeal of the revenue is dismissed.

Section 143(2) notice mandatory before proceeding with assessment: Delhi HC

March 30, 2025 1587 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court dismissed the revenue’s appeal in PCIT Vs S.G. Portfolio Pvt. Ltd., citing jurisdictional lapses and lack of fresh material for reassessment.

ITAT Jaipur deletes School Fee Addition; Mere Survey Statement Weak Evidence

March 29, 2025 1125 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur quashes addition of suppressed school fees for Pushpa Vidya Niketan, stating survey statements lack evidentiary value without corroboration.

Filing of cross objection before High Court is not maintainable

March 28, 2025 1002 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that Section 260A of the Income Tax Act refrains from incorporating a specific provision permitting the filing of a cross-objection. Thus, cross objection would not be maintainable.

Addition u/s. 69C without corroborative evidence liable to be deleted: ITAT Nagpur

March 28, 2025 1293 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Nagpur held that addition under section 69C towards unexplained expenditure is liable to be deleted due to lack of corroborative and strong evidence. Accordingly, appeal of the department dismissed.

Addition based on loose papers without corroborative material not Valid: ITAT Nagpur

March 26, 2025 1455 Views 0 comment Print

During the course of search and seizure operation, several incriminating documents related to the assessee were found and seized from the residential premises of Shri Prashant Bongirwar.

Interest on Late TDS Payment Not Deductible; No Addition Without Incriminating Material: ITAT Hyderabad

March 17, 2025 786 Views 0 comment Print

Interest paid on late payment of TDS was not an expenditure wholly and exclusively incurred for the purpose of business and further it was a payment, which was in the form of tax, so it was not an allowable expenditure.

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