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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 372 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


Capital gain cannot be treated as bogus merely on warning letter of SEBI without any incriminating material

February 28, 2025 2331 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chandigarh held that treating capital gains earned on sale of shares as bogus merely on the basis of warning letter of SEBI without any incriminating material found during course of search demonstrating transaction as bogus is unjustified.

ITAT Nagpur Upholds Section 153C proceedings & Section 69A income additions

February 28, 2025 1074 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Nagpur allows Revenue’s appeal in ACIT Vs Unique Realities Builders & Developers, validating Section 153C proceedings and Section 69A income additions.

No Penalty for Additions Based on Estimation Without Concrete Proof: ITAT Mumbai

February 26, 2025 1905 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai ruled on Dev Engineers Vs DCIT, deleting penalties under Sections 271(1)(c) and 271AAB. Additions were based on estimation, lacking evidence of concealment.

No addition u/s 68 as contribution to share capital was genuine

February 17, 2025 633 Views 0 comment Print

Addition made in the case of assessee was held to be unjustified. Assessee had established and satisfied all the three ingredients being identity, creditworthiness and genuineness of share capital contribution to explain credit in terms of provisions of section 68.

SC Upholds Invalidity of Section 153C Notices Lacking Proper Satisfaction Note

February 11, 2025 2589 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court confirms that Section 153C notices issued without a valid satisfaction note are invalid, aligning with the Delhi High Court’s decision in PCIT vs. Dev Technofab Ltd.

Section 153C cannot extend indiscriminately to Multiple AYs: Delhi HC

February 11, 2025 4824 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court rules on Section 153C notices for AYs 2014-15 to 2020-21 in Dev Technofab Limited Vs DCIT, citing lack of incriminating material for reopening assessments.

ITAT Delhi Quashes Search Assessment due to Consolidated Section 153D Approval

February 11, 2025 708 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi sets aside search assessment in Amit Gupta & Sons HUF case, citing lack of proper approval under Section 153D of the Income Tax Act.

Ignorance of law is not sufficient ground to condone delay: ITAT Bangalore

February 10, 2025 1098 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that ignorance of law is not a ground for condonation of delay, hence delay of 879 days in filing of an appeal without any sufficient reason shown is not condonable. Accordingly, appeal dismissed.

Budget 2025: Block Assessment Amendments in Income Tax Search Cases

February 7, 2025 5649 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2025 revises block assessment rules for search cases, covering undisclosed income, assessment procedures, penalties, and time limits under I-T Act Sections 158B-158BG.

Assessments restored back to CIT(A) due to non-cooperation by assessee: ITAT Ahmedabad

January 29, 2025 501 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that entire assessments has been restored to the file of CIT(A) for de novo consideration since assessee was found to be absolutely non-cooperative and took every step to thwart/stonewall the assessment proceedings.

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