The Tribunal held that the assessee proved substantial upgrades to a semi-constructed house using bills and contractor records. It allowed the ₹4.05 crore indexed improvement cost, rejecting the AO’s suspicion-based disallowance.
The Tribunal held that the assessment was void because jurisdiction shifted between officers without a mandatory transfer order. It reaffirmed that proceedings without statutory jurisdiction are null and void.
ITC cannot be mechanically denied to purchasers even if invoices are missing in GSTR-2B. Key takeaway: the ruling safeguards taxpayers paying GST in good faith.
The Tribunal held that the AO cannot expand a limited scrutiny into full scrutiny without written approval from the Principal CIT. Additions under Sections 2(22)(e) and 69A were struck down, reaffirming that CBDT instructions are mandatory.
The Tribunal held that freight amounts collected and passed on to airlines are mere reimbursements, not income. Only the assessee’s service margin is taxable.
Madras High Court held that payment made for International Private Leased Circuits [IPLC] doesn’t constitute royalty within the expression provided under clause (iva) to Explanation 2 to section 9(1)(vi) of the Income Tax Act. Hence, disallowance u/s. 40(a)(i) of the Income Tax Act not sustained.
Bombay High Court held that conviction under section 7 and section 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 [PC Act] without cogent evidence to prove demand of illegal gratification cannot be sustained. Accordingly, appeal allowed.
The Tribunal found that even a belated return filed in response to a Section 148 notice remains a valid return requiring a 143(2) notice. Because this mandatory notice was never issued, the reassessment order was declared illegal and set aside.
ITAT held that the AO’s 8% estimation had no support from comparables or past margins. Applying consistency with earlier family-group cases, profit was fixed at 4% and the unexplained investment addition became academic.
The Tribunal held that ₹1.45 lakh in specified notes came from genuine vazhipadu collections and that the authorities wrongly rejected a plausible explanation.
