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Can WhatsApp Chats Alone Justify Tax Additions? Tribunal Says No

Income Tax : The ruling clarifies that unauthenticated digital chats and screenshots cannot form the sole basis of tax additions without proper...

April 13, 2026 1308 Views 0 comment Print

Controversy on Section 153D Approvals Without Application of Mind

Income Tax : Examine the legal disputes surrounding Section 153D approvals for tax assessments, including court rulings on mechanical approvals...

September 14, 2025 1725 Views 0 comment Print


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Mere WhatsApp Chats Cannot Justify Year-Wide Production Addition: ITAT Ahmedabad

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that WhatsApp chats indicating suppressed production for one month could not be extrapolated to the entire fin...

June 25, 2026 2148 Views 0 comment Print

Section 153C Proceedings Invalid as AO Failed to Record Separate Year-Wise Satisfaction: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that a common satisfaction note covering multiple assessment years without year-wise incriminating material co...

June 24, 2026 183 Views 0 comment Print

Pune ITAT Deletes ₹4.02 Crore ‘On-Money’ Addition; Third-Party Statements and Dumb Documents Not Enough

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that contradictory third-party statements and unverified allegations cannot form the sole basis for taxing alleg...

June 22, 2026 510 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala HC Sets Aside ITAT Order as Section 153D Approval Was Not Specifically Examined

Income Tax : The Kerala High Court remanded the matter after finding that the ITAT failed to expressly adjudicate the challenge to the validity...

June 17, 2026 165 Views 0 comment Print

Search-Based Addition Cannot Be Made Through Reassessment; ITAT Quashes Entire Assessment

Income Tax : The Mumbai ITAT held that reassessment proceedings under Section 147/148 were invalid where the case was based on search material ...

June 16, 2026 792 Views 0 comment Print


Addition in unabated assessment deleted in absence of incriminating material found during search

May 19, 2025 768 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that in respect of unabated assessment, no addition can be made by AO in absence of any incriminating material found during the course of search under section 132 of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, order set aside and appeal allowed.

Addition u/s. 153A cannot be sustained without incriminating material found during search

May 7, 2025 1161 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that addition made under section 153A of the Income Tax Act are bad-in-law in absence of any incriminating material found during the course of search. Accordingly, assessment order quashed.

No Income Tax Assessment beyond 10-year Section 153A limit: ITAT Delhi

April 29, 2025 5004 Views 0 comment Print

An assessment order passed by AO was quashed on the reason that assessment year was beyond the ten-year outer ceiling limit prescribed by Section 153A. Assessee challenged the assumption of jurisdiction by AO and consequent passing of the Assessment Order. Assessee challenged the issuance of notice u/s 153A for the assessment year 2008-09 on the reasoning that the said notice was issued beyond the period of limitation.

Reassessment proceedings based on incorrect information liable to be quashed

April 29, 2025 2469 Views 0 comment Print

Patna High Court held that reassessment proceedings initiated on the basis of incorrect information which was not supported by any material is not sustainable in law. Accordingly, order passed thereon is liable to be quashed.

Common and composite approval under Section 153D was invalid: Delhi HC

April 27, 2025 1215 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court dismisses PCIT appeal against Anuj Bansal, affirms prior ruling on invalidity of Section 153D approval. Section 144A left open for future review.

Mechanical Section 153D approval without proper review: ITAT Quashes Assessment

April 22, 2025 822 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Cuttack rules against revenue, quashing Dilip Constructions’ assessment citing mechanical approval without proper review. Judicial precedents cited.

Mechanical Section 153D Approval: ITAT Delhi Quashes Assessment

April 22, 2025 1254 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi quashes assessments due to mechanical approvals under Section 153D, citing lack of application of mind. Learn about key judicial precedents and findings.

Approval of 85 Draft Orders in a Day Shows Mechanical Approvals & Render Assessments Invalid

April 22, 2025 9099 Views 0 comment Print

Allahabad HC upheld ITAT’s decision in PCIT vs Sapna Gupta, ruling the Section 153D approval was mechanical, invalidating the assessment proceedings.

ITAT Quashes Assessments Over Common & Mechanical Approvals for Multiple Years

April 16, 2025 1503 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi quashes assessment orders against Splendor Landbase and its director, faulting the JCIT’s mechanical approval under Section 153D.

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