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Illustrative explanation of Block Assessment- Section 158B to 158BI

Income Tax : A guide to India's block assessment tax provisions from the Finance Act 2024. Understand pending assessments, undisclosed income, ...

August 20, 2025 3939 Views 0 comment Print


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U/s 153C Assessments Quashed – Mere Seized Material Not Enough Unless AO Shows Its Bearing on Total Income

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that the Revenue must establish a direct connection between seized material and the assessee’s taxable income...

May 18, 2026 195 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment Quashed Due to 9-Month Delay in Recording Satisfaction Under Section 158BD

Income Tax : The Court held that recording satisfaction after a delay of nine months was not immediate as required by law. It upheld quashing o...

March 18, 2026 321 Views 0 comment Print

Loose Sheets + Retracted Statement Not Enough for 69A On-Money Addition: ITAT Chennai

Income Tax : The issue was whether third-party diaries and loose papers could establish receipt of unaccounted income. The Tribunal ruled that ...

January 22, 2026 975 Views 0 comment Print

Quashes draft order & DRP’s directions as both erred in holding assessee eligible: Karnataka HC

Income Tax : The High Court held that issuing a draft assessment order under Section 144C is invalid where the Transfer Pricing Officer propose...

January 12, 2026 573 Views 0 comment Print

Notice by Wrong Officer Invalid, ITAT Kolkata Set Aside Entire Assessment

Income Tax : Since the statutory notice under section 143(2) was issued by a non-jurisdictional officer, the assessment collapsed. The ruling a...

January 12, 2026 516 Views 0 comment Print


Inordinate Delay in Satisfaction Note Invalidates Section 153C Notice: Gujarat HC

December 1, 2025 549 Views 0 comment Print

The Gujarat High Court quashed a Section 153C notice due to a 22-month delay in recording the satisfaction note, ruling it violated Supreme Court guidelines for immediate post-assessment action.

Entire Purchase Can’t Be Disallowed as Bogus When Sales Are Accepted: ITAT Chennai

November 4, 2025 1458 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that when sales are accepted and supported by records, entire purchases cannot be treated as bogus merely because suppliers were untraceable. Addition restricted to 12.5% as profit element.

Claim rejected since seized gold already assessed and proceedings concluded in name of husband of petitioner

October 9, 2025 261 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala High Court held that as the gold claimed by the petitioner, is already assessed in the name of the husband of the petitioner, and the proceedings in respect of the same are concluded, the petitioner cannot make a further claim in respect of the same. Accordingly, writ dismissed.

Illustrative explanation of Block Assessment- Section 158B to 158BI

August 20, 2025 3939 Views 0 comment Print

A guide to India’s block assessment tax provisions from the Finance Act 2024. Understand pending assessments, undisclosed income, penalties, and deadlines.

Search do not become invalid merely because warrant was in the name of a dead person

April 6, 2017 1914 Views 0 comment Print

Notice under Section 132 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 was issued in the name of a dead person. The said notice was duly received by the present petitioner as the legal heir of the dead person. Notice of assessment under Section 158BC of the Act was issued and in the assessment proceedings

Order u/s 153C passed without JCIT approval u/s 153D is void

February 15, 2017 2544 Views 0 comment Print

These are the appeals filed by the assessee against the order of CIT(A), Mumbai, for the assessment years 2002-03 to 2007-08, in the matter of order passed u/s.143(3) r.w.s. 153C of I.T.Act.

Satisfaction is a prerequisite for initiating assessment proceedings against any other person u/s.158BD

November 13, 2015 936 Views 0 comment Print

A search and seizure action was carried out at the residence of Devdas A.Alva on 13.9. 2001.During the action,a loose paper file marked A-1was seized.Pages No 1-17 contained a copy of the catering contract entered into by Apporva caterers and Ooters Club and Page No. 26 to 28 were the bills

Proceedings u/s 158BD not tenable where satisfaction note is not on record

November 11, 2015 1830 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held In the case of Haryana Paneer Bhandar vs. CIT. that the Revenue has been unable to produce the satisfaction note of the AO of the searched person. Consequently, on this short ground of there being no satisfaction note, which is a mandatory requirement under Section 158BD.

Proceedings u/s 158BD raised after gap of 3 years, even after completion of block assessment, not maintainable – ITAT

October 1, 2015 1176 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held In the case of ACIT vs. Raj Kumar Jalan that in view of the proposition laid down by the Honble Delhi high Court in the case of CIT Vs. Bharat Bhusan Jain and others in ITA No.648/09 and 669/2009 etc order dated 08.01.2015

No delay in issuance of notice u/s 158BD if AO records satisfaction in time

July 7, 2015 933 Views 0 comment Print

Hon’ble HC did not find any merit in the ground of delay in issuance of notice. Court further remitted the matters ITAT to decide afresh on merits. In the light of the observations of the Supreme Court in Calcutta Knitwears, particularly the contextual facts discussed

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