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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 1560 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 2712 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 48 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 48 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 231 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 162 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


Block Period for Section 153C Proceedings Starts from AO’s Receipt of Non-Searched Person’s Documents

September 1, 2024 807 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad quashes assessment for AY 2011-12 in Ushaben Jayantilal Patel vs ITO case, ruling on jurisdiction and procedural errors.

Proceedings u/s. 153C should be initiated based on material found at premises of another company

August 31, 2024 1290 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that initiation of proceedings u/s. 147 of the Income Tax Act based on material found during search of another company is untenable as proceedings should be initiated u/s. 153C and not u/s. 147.

Normal period will apply for reopening of assessment where escapement of income is below 50 Lakhs

August 31, 2024 2424 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that normal period of limitation i.e. 3 years will apply in case of reopening of assessment where escapement of income was below Rs. 50 Lakhs and extended period of 10 years will apply only in case of concealment of income of Rs. 50 Lakhs or more.

Initiation of Section 153C Proceedings Beyond Six Years Impermissible: ITAT Ahmedabad

August 26, 2024 876 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that AO had no jurisdiction to initiate proceedings u/s. 153C of the Income Tax Act beyond permissible period of six years from date of receipt of books/ documents by AO.

Addition of Share Application Money deleted as Identity & Genuineness of Shareholders proved: ITAT Delhi

August 26, 2024 747 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that addition u/s. 68 of the Income Tax Act towards share application money, as unexplained credit, deleted as identity, genuineness and creditworthiness of the shareholders proved.

Challenge to Section 153C Notice: Rajasthan HC Dismisses Writ & directs to pursue statutory remedies

August 19, 2024 540 Views 0 comment Print

Rajasthan HC dismisses writ against Section 153C notice post-assessment, advising the petitioner to pursue statutory remedies instead. Appeal within 30 days allowed.

CIT(A) Must Issue Well-Reasoned Orders with Clear Determination, Decision & Reasoning: ITAT Pune

August 16, 2024 543 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune remands the case of Suhas Maruti Dhankude for re-adjudication due to non-adjudication of jurisdictional grounds and failure to state point of determination.

Section 2(14): No capital gains tax on Income proceeds from Agricultural Land

August 13, 2024 1296 Views 0 comment Print

Notice under section 148 was issued upon assessee by AO for reassessing the cash deposit as undisclosed income, following approval from the Joint Commissioner of Income Tax (JCIT).

Power to assess block period of ten years doesn’t apply to search conducted before 1st April 2017: Delhi HC

August 9, 2024 390 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that in case of search, block period of ten years for search assessment, would not be attracted in case the search has taken place before 1st April 2017.

Date of receipt of seized documents relevant for reckoning block period of six AYs u/s. 153C: ITAT Delhi

July 24, 2024 624 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that in respect of assessment proceedings u/s. 153C of the Income Tax Act, block period of six assessment years has to be reckoned from date of receipt of seized documents.

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