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Third Proviso to Section 254(2A) of Income Tax Act is Arbitrary & Unconstitutional

Income Tax : The three-judge bench of Supreme Court of India in the case of Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax v. M/S Pepsi Foods Ltd struck dow...

June 7, 2021 4473 Views 0 comment Print

Prosecution – made more simpler for revenue

Income Tax : A perusal of this order reveals that the Tribunal has recorded a finding that it is empowered by Section 254 of the Act to stay pr...

October 31, 2015 3055 Views 0 comment Print


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Provide Shorter Time For Rectification Of Mistake by Tribunal

Income Tax : The existing provisions of Section 254(2) provide for a time-limit of four years from the date of the order of the Appellate Tribu...

January 19, 2016 1306 Views 1 comment Print


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No Double Taxation Allowed Even if Expense Claim Found Non-Genuine: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that although foreign commission expenditure was non-genuine and liable for disallowance, amounts already written...

May 15, 2026 240 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay HC Quashes Reassessment as Limitation Expired Before Assessment Order Was Passed

Income Tax : The Bombay High Court held that reassessment proceedings became time-barred because no reassessment order was passed within the li...

May 12, 2026 231 Views 0 comment Print

Notional Interest Addition Deleted Because Only Real Income Can Be Taxed: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi confirmed deletion of addition on alleged diversion of interest-bearing funds, holding that hypothetical or notional in...

May 10, 2026 315 Views 0 comment Print

Miscellaneous Application Rejected as Tribunal Lacks Power to Review Its Own Order

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that challenges to appreciation of evidence amount to review, not rectification. It ruled that Section 254(2) pe...

May 5, 2026 216 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes PF/ESI Disallowance as Section 143(1) Adjustment Held Beyond Scope

Income Tax : The Tribunal examined disallowance made for delayed employee contributions under Section 143(1). It held that debatable issues can...

April 30, 2026 594 Views 0 comment Print


Order contrary to subsequent SC judgement can be said to suffer from mistake apparent from record

September 10, 2019 6048 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the ITAT Mumbai judgment in Anandkumar Jain vs ITO, highlighting rectification under Section 154 for deduction under Section 80HHC based on subsequent Supreme Court decisions.

Only Mistake apparent on the face of record can be rectified u/s 254

July 20, 2019 7122 Views 0 comment Print

Where on a fair reading of the judgment of the Co-ordinate Bench, it appeared that it had taken into account all relevant material and had not taken into account any irrelevant material in basing its conclusions, then the decision of the Co-ordinate Bench, was not liable to be interfered with, unless, of course, the conclusions arrived at by the Bench were perverse. Under Section 254 Only glaring and mistake apparent on the face of the record alone could be rectified which was not apparent in the of assessee.

Section 254(2) Non-consideration of decisions is mistake apparent from law

April 18, 2019 6927 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Ushodaya Enterprises Private Ltd Vs Addl. CIT (TDS) (ITAT Hyderabad) We have perused the order of the Tribunal and find that in Para 8 of the order, the Tribunal has considered the applicability of sub-section (3) of section 201(1) also to 201(1A) and has clearly held that sub section (3) refers only to an […]

MA is maintainable only if appeal is pending and not admitted

March 15, 2019 19512 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Ratanlal C. Bafna Vs JCIT (ITAT Pune) When appeal has been filed before the Hon’ble High Court, the appeal is admitted and substantial question of law has been framed in the said appeal, then the Tribunal cannot recall the order. In the present case since the appeal against the order of the Tribunal has […]

S. 254 Miscellaneous petitions filed after 6 months from ITAT order date is barred by limitation

November 5, 2017 11961 Views 0 comment Print

Question of rectification of mistake cannot be entertained until and unless the Miscellaneous Petition filed by the assessee is found to be maintainable. The miscellaneous petitions filed by the assessee are beyond the period of 6 months from 1-6-2016 and therefore the same are barred by limitation.

Amendment U/s. 254(2): Six month time limit for rectification is Prospective

November 3, 2017 5358 Views 0 comment Print

The Amendment Under Section 254(2) In Respect Of Time Limit Of Six Months For Rectification Is Prospective And Applicable To The Orders Passed After 01.06.2016

Sec. 254(2) amendment applies to orders passed after 01/06/2016

October 29, 2017 2070 Views 0 comment Print

These Miscellaneous Applications are filed by the assessee seeking rectification of mistake apparent on the record in the order dated 06/09/2013 passed by the Tribunal while disposing of bunch of appeals filed by the department.

There can be no tax liability without the authority of law : ITAT Mumbai

September 9, 2017 1851 Views 0 comment Print

This appeal by assessee u/s 253 of Income Tax Act (the Act) is directed against the order of ld. Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals)-15, Mumbai dated 16.10.2012 for Assessment Year 2007-08. The assessee has raised the following grounds of appeal

Tribunal cannot condone delay in filing Miscellaneous Application

August 3, 2017 2925 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal has been given power to admit an appeal after the expiry of the relevant period, if it is satisfied that there was sufficient cause for not presenting it within that period as per Section 253(5). However, this Tribunal is not enshrined with such powers in respect of a miscellaneous petition filed u/s 254(2) of the Income Tax Act. If we are not given that power, then it is not expected from us to exercise such power which is not provided in the Act.

ITAT clarifies period of limitation for filing rectification application U/s. 254(2)

July 29, 2017 17706 Views 0 comment Print

Section 254(2) of the Act refers to the period of limitation reckoning from the end of the month in which the order is passed and not from the date of ‘date of receipt of the served/ received are not interchangeable and the Legislature in its wisdom expressly used the phraselogy depending on the intention. In the instant case, the expression passed cannot be stretched to mean that the period of limitation should be reckoned from the date of receipt of the order.

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