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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


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 141 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 156 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 177 Views 0 comment Print

No reassessment beyond 3 years without proper sanction of prescribed higher authority

Income Tax : Reassessment proceedings was invalid for a notice issued beyond three years without the sanction of the prescribed higher authorit...

April 15, 2026 240 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Rajkot: Addition Based on ‘Dump Excel Sheet’ Deleted – No Evidence, No Tax

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that unsigned excel sheets without supporting evidence cannot justify additions. It ruled that absence of corrob...

April 14, 2026 675 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


Addition U/s. 153C of Income Tax Act Invalid in Absence of Incriminating Material

November 11, 2023 1704 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court rules that additions under section 153C of the Income Tax Act without incriminating material are invalid. Get insights into this judgment.

Assessment framed u/s. 153A without following mandate of section 153C is unsustainable

November 4, 2023 1671 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that assessment framed u/s. 153A of the Income Tax Act based on material found during search on third party without following the mandate of section 153C of the Income Tax Act is unsustainable in law.

No Section 153A Addition Without Incriminating Material from Search

November 3, 2023 3063 Views 0 comment Print

Addition under Section 153A could not be made in the absence of incriminating material found during the course of a search conducted under Section 132. In case no incriminating material was unearthed during the search, AO could not reassess taking into consideration the other material in respect of completed assessments/unabated assessments.

Writ not entertained as alternate remedy of appeal available against order and notices issued u/s 153C

November 1, 2023 615 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala High Court held that writ petition not entertained as alternate remedy available with the petitioner since notices and assessment orders issued under section 153C of the Income Tax Act are duly issued within jurisdiction.

PCIT vs. Swetaben Patel: No Addition Without Incriminating Material

October 26, 2023 909 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the recent Gujarat High Court judgment in PCIT (Central) vs. Swetaben Ghanshyambhai Patel regarding assessments and additions in the absence of incriminating material.

ITAT Declares Assessment Void Due to Non-Existent Entity

October 26, 2023 621 Views 0 comment Print

In a significant ruling, ITAT Ahmedabad declares an assessment order void, passed in the name of a non-existent entity after a court-approved amalgamation.

Mechanical approval under Section 153D of Income Tax Act is invalid

October 24, 2023 1416 Views 0 comment Print

The Delhi High Court confirms the annulment of an assessment order in the case of PCIT vs. Anuj Bansal, citing mechanical approval under Section 153D of the Income Tax Act.

Reopening of assessment based on wrong and irrelevant facts is unsustainable-in-law

October 19, 2023 8391 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chandigarh held that reopening of assessment under section 147 of the Income Tax Act based on wrong and irrelevant facts recorded under the reasons recorded for the formation of belief of escapement of income chargeable to income tax is unsustainable in law and liable to be quashed.

SC Clarifies Commencement of Section 153C Block Reassessment Period

October 11, 2023 2982 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court clarifies the commencement of block reassessment under Section 153C of the Income Tax Act, safeguarding third parties’ interests

Issuance of notice and passing of order against non-existent entity is bad-in-law

October 10, 2023 2106 Views 0 comment Print

Uttarakhand High Court held that issuance of notice to the Transferor Company (i.e. non-existent entity) and order passed u/s 148A(d) of the Income Tax Act against the non-existent entity is bad in law and liable to be quashed.

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