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Section 292B: Return of income, etc., not to be invalid on certain grounds

Income Tax : Section 292B is considered as a protection to the Income tax authorities for most of short comings in proceedings due to technical...

July 12, 2021 22020 Views 0 comment Print

The real face of Faceless Assessment Analysis of recent judicial developments

Income Tax : Our focus of the article will be on section 144B of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act) which has been introduced with effect from 01.0...

July 7, 2021 4557 Views 0 comment Print

Issue of Notice/Assessment Order in the Name of ‘Deceased Person’ or ‘Amalgamated/Merged Company’

Income Tax : It is noticed that the department has lost the revenue in number of cases mainly on account of fatal mistake made by the AO in iss...

August 8, 2020 27138 Views 1 comment Print


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Section 143(2) Notice & Valid Draft Assessment Mandatory U/s 144C: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai quashed reassessment after finding no Section 143(2) notice and that the AO issued a final order disguised as a draft ...

July 5, 2026 222 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment on Amalgamated Bank’s Predecessor Held Void; ITAT Quashes Order Passed in Name of Non-Existent Syndicate Bank

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that an assessment order passed in the name of an amalgamated bank after it had ceased to exist is void ab ini...

June 19, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Quashes Search Assessments Due to Mechanical Section 153D Approval

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that consolidated approvals granted without application of mind under Section 153D were invalid. Consequently, the...

June 14, 2026 309 Views 0 comment Print

Draft Order or Final Order in Disguise? ITAT Quashes Assessment for Violating Section 144C

Income Tax : Mumbai ITAT held that an order labelled as a draft assessment order loses its character if accompanied by demand notices and penal...

June 11, 2026 255 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Reassessment as Reasons Recorded for Section 148 Notice Were Unsigned

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that unsigned reasons recorded for reopening assessment constituted a jurisdictional defect that invalidated t...

June 11, 2026 588 Views 0 comment Print


Section 292B cannot cure defect of Scrutiny notice to a non-existent entity 

December 29, 2024 1062 Views 0 comment Print

Court emphasized that issuing a notice to a non-existent entity constitutes a jurisdictional defect, which Section 292B cannot cure.

No addition of Rs.10 Crore u/s 271(1)(C) without specification of concealment or inaccurate particulars in SCN

December 16, 2024 855 Views 0 comment Print

Addition of Rs.10 Crore under Section 271(1)(c) was not justified as Revenue failed to specify whether the addition was being made alleging concealment of income or for furnishing inaccurate particulars of income.

No Penalty on Another Charge if Section 271B Notice was Based on Non-Existing Infringement

November 28, 2024 1422 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Lucknow quashes penalty u/s 271B for failure to file audit report, stating incorrect grounds for penalty initiation.

Framing of assessment in the name of non-existing entity is void ab initio: ITAT Delhi

November 22, 2024 1521 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee has preferred the present appeal mainly contesting that CIT(A) has erred in upholding the assessment order passed by AO disregarding the fact that the same was passed on non-existing entity.

Curable defects in Form 35A: ITAT Ahmedabad remands case to DRP

October 31, 2024 882 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad remands case to DRP, allowing appeal on the grounds of curable defects in Form 35A submitted by Rajendra Ramjibhai Patel.

No rectification u/s 292B if Income Tax Assessment Order issued in the Name of a Non-Existent Entity

October 7, 2024 1008 Views 0 comment Print

The respondents, on the other hand, would urge us to hold that a failure to place the amalgamated entity on notice was curable and one which would fall within the ambit of Section 292B of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Non-intimation to AO before removal of company’s name from ROC, assessment was valid even if passed in name of non-existent entity

September 23, 2024 1116 Views 0 comment Print

Alena Cyprus had also filed its return of income in India for the AY 2018-19 wherein LTCG of Rs. 80,86,75,225 arising from sale of shares to assessee were declared exemption claimed under Article 13 of the India-Cyprus DTAA.

Notice issued u/s. 148 in the name of dead individual is null and void: ITAT Jaipur

August 12, 2024 1824 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that notice under section 148 of the Income Tax Act and order thereon issued in the name of Dead individual is null and void. Accordingly, the impugned notice and order held as void-ab-initio.

Passing of assessment order without issuance of notice u/s. 143(2) is unsustainable: ITAT Bangalore

August 12, 2024 726 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that passing of assessment order without issuance of notice u/s. 143(2) of the Income Tax Act is a fatal one and it cannot also be cured u/s. 292B of the Income Tax Act.

Income Tax Addition cannot Be based Solely on unsubstantiated Loose Slips

June 25, 2024 3315 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Bangalore ruled that income tax additions can’t be based solely on unsubstantiated loose slips, emphasizing the need for corroborative material evidence.

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