The Calcutta High Court ruled that a show-cause notice cannot be quashed due to a lack of pre-SCN consultation, but the department must provide a hearing.
The Mumbai ITAT ruled that a tax reassessment on alleged bogus capital gains was invalid, citing the lack of specific incriminating evidence found during the search.
The Delhi ITAT has invalidated an income tax reassessment for bogus LTCG from penny stocks, ruling that the approving authority’s sanction was mechanical.
Bangalore ITAT deletes additions against Global Star Realtors, holding that loose sheets seized from a third party without corroboration cannot justify tax additions.
In Rajeshkumar Shah vs DCIT, ITAT strikes down cash loan & notional interest additions under Section 69 due to lack of corroborating evidence and unreliable witness statements.
The ITAT Bangalore ruled that a CIT(A) cannot make additions on grounds not specified in the original reopening notice, setting aside additions on share trading deposits.
ITAT Delhi deleted transfer pricing adjustments made to Sony India, ruling that the intensity adjustment is an invalid substitute for the Brightline Test and that royalty payments were commercially justified.
The ITAT Bangalore ruled that income from sun-dried raisins is agricultural income, exempt from tax, if a farmer uses traditional methods without machinery.
The Mumbai ITAT set aside a PCIT’s revisionary order against Procter and Gamble, ruling the AO’s original inquiry was adequate and not a basis for revision.
ITAT Mumbai ruled that capital gains from a property sale were taxable in the year the sale deed was executed, not the year of the MoU, due to a prior bank lien. The court also clarified tax rates and acquisition costs.
