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Arjuna, there is too much discussion going on regarding the validity of notices issued between 01-04-2021 and 3006-2021 u/s 148 of the Income Tax Act for reassessment proceedings. The income tax department had issued notices u/s 148 for reassessment proceedings.
Landmark Supreme Court judgment on section 148 notices in favor of both Assessee and Revenue. Key takeaways for taxpayers and Income Tax Department.
PCIT Vs Bajaj Herbals Pvt. Ltd. (Supreme Court of India) As the impugned order passed by the High Court is a nonspeaking and nonreasoned order and even the submissions on behalf of the revenue are not recorded, the impugned order passed by the High Court dismissing the appeal is unsustainable. Under the circumstances, the impugned […]
Jacob Puliyel Vs Union of India (Supreme Court of India) Facts- The Petitioner was a member of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) and was advising the Government of India on vaccines. In the Writ Petition, the Petitioner highlighted the adverse consequences of emergency approval of vaccines in India, the need for transparency […]
Suraj Lamp & Industries Pvt. Ltd. Vs State of Haryana (Supreme Court) Facts- By an earlier order dated 15.5.2009 [reported in Suraj Lamp & Industries Pvt. Ltd. vs. State of Haryana & Anr. 2009 (7) SCC 363], we had referred to the ill – effects of what is known as General Power of Attorney Sales […]
The rule of contra proferentem thus protects the insured from the vagaries of an unfavourable interpretation of an ambiguous term to which it did not agree.
Asset Reconstruction Co. (India) Ltd. Vs Chief Controlling Revenue Authority (Supreme Court of India) The High Court overlooked the fact that there was no independent instrument of PoA and that in any case, the power of sale of a secured asset flowed out of the provisions of the Securitisation Act, 2002 and not out of […]
Invent Asset Securitisation And Reconstruction Pvt. Ltd. Vs Girnar Fibres Ltd (Supreme Court of India) Time and again, it has been expressed and explained by this Court that the provisions of the Code are essentially intended to bring the corporate debtor to its feet and are not of money recovery proceedings as such. The intent […]
Analysis of the recent Supreme Court judgment on Section 148 Notices. Find out if the court used excessive force when a simpler approach would have sufficed.
Understanding the Supreme Court’s decision on reassessment after the amendment. Learn about the rights of the Revenue and Assessees in this legal controversy.
