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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 1557 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


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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 2124 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 78 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 147 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 171 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 672 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 2460 Views 0 comment Print


Section 148 notice invalid for reassessment initiated based on incriminating material

September 21, 2021 8328 Views 0 comment Print

On the basis of incriminating material found, once reassessment proceedings was initiated on the basis of incriminating material found in the search of 3rd party then the provisions of section 153C of the I.T. Act were applicable which exclude the application of section 147 and 148 of the I.T. Act and notice u/s. 148 of the Act and proceeding u/s. 147 are illegal and void ab initio

Section 153C notice issued to a dead person, is unenforceable in law

September 21, 2021 6189 Views 1 comment Print

Late Bhupendra Bhikhalal Desai (Since Decd.) Through Legal Heir Raju Bhupendra Desai Vs ITO (Gujarat High Court) The only proposition of law that is applicable in the present litigation is that a notice, be it under Section 148 of the Act or Section 153C of the Act, issued to a dead person, is unenforceable in […]

Section 153C addition based on mere Statement of 3rd party unsustainable

September 21, 2021 5538 Views 0 comment Print

Kuber Products P Ltd Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Statement of 3rd party could not have been used for making an addition in the hands of the assessee in case of search U/S 153A in absence of any corroborative material Delhi High court recent celebrated decision in case of Anand Kumar Jain HUF followed and held […]

ITAT Delhi landmark order on scope of draconian provision of section 153C

September 15, 2021 2559 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Dalmia Bharat and Industries Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) Now the questions arising before us in this group of appeals were as Under:- i. Whether assessment framed u/s 153C read with S; ection 143 (3) for assessment year 2006 – 07 and 2007 – 08 are barred by the limitation. ii. Whether the assessment order […]

Order passed without jurisdiction is invalid

September 15, 2021 5892 Views 0 comment Print

The main issue taken up by the appellant is that the notice issued under section 153C by the Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (DCIT), Central Circle, Bengaluru are without jurisdiction and hence invalid thereby rendering all the subsequent proceedings void ab initio.

HC refuses to quash Section 153C Notices issued to Karti P. Chidambaram

July 5, 2021 1743 Views 0 comment Print

Karti P. Chidambaram Vs Principal Director of Income Tax (Investigation) (Madras High Court) All these writ petitions are filed, challenging the Show Cause Notices issued under Section 153C of the Act. The procedures for assessment / reassessment are yet to commence. The petitioners are expected to avail the opportunity and defend their case in the […]

Mere mention of receipt of information from DCIT not makes an Assessment/Notice as based on borrowed belief

July 5, 2021 1359 Views 0 comment Print

Raju Bhupendra Desai Vs ITO (Gujarat High Court) There is also no merit in the submission of Mr. Patel that the respondent was carrying out fishing and roving inquiry completely on incorrect facts and based on the borrowed belief of DCIT Central Circle-1(3), Ahmedabad. It may be noted that merely because in the reasons recorded […]

Tax Assessment: ‘Evidence Which Reveals’ : A New Conundrum?

June 21, 2021 3786 Views 2 comments Print

Author: Anadi Varma NEW REASSESSMENT PROCEDURE 1. Introduction: In the film JOLLY LLB, the judge, unforgettably played by actor Saurabh Shukla, in the concluding speech while delivering his judgment says: ‘But I am the judge. who knows what, what I feel, judgment cannot be given on that basis. I HAVE TO GIVE JUDGMENT ON THE […]

No assessment u/s 153C if Revenue failed to discharge onus to show incriminating material belonged to assessee

June 9, 2021 2205 Views 0 comment Print

Onus was on Revenue to show that the incriminating material/documents recovered at the time of search ‘belongs’ to the Assessee, in other words, it was not enough for the Revenue to show that the documents either ‘pertain’ to the Assessee or contains information that ‘relates to the Assessee.

Section 147 or 153C Assessment – Search from 3rd party premises – Unexplained Money addition under Section 69A

May 24, 2021 10362 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs. K. S. Chawla & Sons (HUF) (ITAT Delhi) > HELD THAT:- In the present assessee’s case, search & seizure action u/s 132 of the Act was carried out on 15.10.2009 in the premises of Mr. Abhinav Arora and Mrs. Ranju Arora. Consequently, the Assessing Officer initiated reassessment proceedings u/s 147 of the Act […]

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