S. 153A : Assessment – Search- On the basis of seized documents from office premises of group of companies in which assessee was a director, said material could not be used against the assessee [ S. 132, 292C ]

S. 153A : Assessment – Search or requisition – When no incriminating material was found in the course of search, addition cannot be made on the basis of evidence collected after the search . No addition can be made on the basis of statement of director much later after the search [ S.131, 132 ]

S. 153A : Assessment – Search-Merely on the basis of third party statement without any incriminating evidence addition was held to be not justified [ S. 132 (4) ]

S. 153A : Assessment – Search-Industrial undertaking – Developer -Deduction can be claimed in return pursuant to notice under S. 153A of the Income -tax Act [S. 80IA (4)(i), 139(4) ]

S. 151 : Reassessment – Sanction for issue of notice – Failure on part of Assessing Officer to take sanction of appropriate authority would go to very root of validity of assumption of jurisdiction by Assessing Officer [ S. 147, 148,292B ]

S. 151 : Reassessment – Sanction for issue of notice -Reassessment proceedings couldn’t be quashed just because AO had obtained prior approval from higher authority [ S. 147, 148 ]

S. 151 : Reassessment – Sanction for issue of notice –Mechanical approval was held to be bad in law [ S. 147, 148 ]

S. 151: Reassessment – After the expiry of four years – Sanction of the Chief Commissioner was a pre-condition. [ S.147,148, 149 ]

S. 151 : Reassessment – Sanction for issue of notice – After expiry of four years – Notice and proceedings was vitiated for want of specific sanction .[ S. 147, 148 ]

S. 147 : Reassessment –Clerical mistake- The object and purpose behind S. 292B is to ensure that technical pleas on the ground of mistake, defect or omission should not invalidate the assessment proceedings, when no confusion or prejudice is caused due to non-observance of technical formalities [ S. 148, 292B ]