S. 147: Reassessment – After expiry of four years – No accommodation entries were found in books of assessee- The AO plainly relied on the information from the investment wing, there was nothing in the reassessment recorded for reopening of assessment – Reassessment is held to be not valid . [ S.148 ]

S. 145: Method of accounting – Failure to produce the necessary details as asked by the AO-Rejection of the books of accounts is held to be justified .[S.145(3) ]

S. 132(4): Search and Seizure – Statement on oath – Statement was made on oath by the Managing Partner of a firm that the income returned was less than the actual, and which was not retracted in a reasonable period of time, the addition made by the AO of the undisclosed income was sustainable. [ S.132 ]

S. 127 : Power to transfer cases – An order passed after the search and seizure operation cannot confer jurisdiction to the AO, if particulars of the assessee including its name, status, address, PAN and AO before whom it was originally being assessed were not correctly mentioned and also no opportunity of being heard was given – Such defects cannot be said to be technical in nature and are not curable u/s. 292B of the Act. [ S.292B ]

S. 80IC: Special category states – Where no investigations or special exercise was done to shown that the amount claimed as deduction was actually incurred, the claim of the assesee could not be disallowed.

S.153D:Assessment – Search and seizure – The requisite for approval for assessment from JCIT is mechanical and not proper i.e. given without due application of mind, the assessment order is held to be bad in law . [ S.153A]

S. 153A: Assessment – Search- No addition can be made merely on the basis of statement recorded at the time of search without any corroborative evidence found against the assessee. [ S.132(4) ]

S. 153A : Assessment – Search- Any information or material found post the date of search cannot be construed to be incriminating material for the purpose of making additions as cash credits . [ S.68 ]

S. 153D : Assessment – Search – Approval – Exercise was carried out by the joint CIT in a mechanical manner without proper application of mind. Therefore, the impugned assessments are suffering from the incurable defect of improper approval and are annulled.[ S.153A ]

S. 144C : Reference to dispute resolution panel – If draft assessment order has not been passed in accordance with procedure laid down in S. 144C(1) and instead final assessment order has been passed though within limitation time, then such an order cannot be cured after limitation has expired by any subsequent rectification proceedings or corrigendum and in such a situation all subsequent proceedings and final assessment order will get invalidated [ S.92C ]