S. 153D : Assessment – Search – Approval -There is no requirement of granting an opportunity of hearing to assessee by Joint Commissioner prior to giving approval as per S. 153D to order of assessment or reassessment under S. 153A of the Act [ S.153A ]

S.147: Reassessment -Notice is issued on the basis of assessment order of earlier year-Earlier year order was set aside by CIT(A) before issue of reassessment notice –Reassessment notice is held to be bad in law . [ S.143(1),148 ]

S.147: Reassessment- Block assessment-Gift -Once gifts are assessed in block assessment proceedings, same cannot be subject matter of assessment in regular assessment; whether in block assessment, Assessing Officer has found gift to be genuine or non-genuine can be of no consequence [ S.68,143(1) 148 , 158BC ]

S.143(3): Assessment- Estimation of sales and gross profit -Additions on account of suppressed sales were solely based on information received by Assessing Officer from Central Excise department without bringing any independent material on record to justify same, additions were unjustified

S.143(3): Assessment – Balance sheet and profit and loss account certified by a chartered accountant in Form 3CB in accordance with rule 6G(1)(b) for obtaining loan from bank- AO is justified in making the additions on basis of window dressed financial statement to make it attractive for bankers to rely thereupon and all gloss and sheen removed thereafter when it was time to pay tax – The doctrine of pari delicto would apply and preclude the appellant herein from detracting from the figures contained in the balance sheet and profit and loss accounts certified on 18-7-2005 at any subsequent stage-Appellate Tribunal may only be faulted for not reporting the chartered accountants to the Institute of Chartered Accountants for having apparently abetted in the commission of a colossal act of misrepresentation which the appellant assessee undertook before his bankers for the purpose of obtaining credit facilities by indicating a financial position that was not warranted by the books of the assessee. [S.44AB , R. 6G]

S. 92C : Transfer pricing – Arm’s length price – A company in business of clinical trial services is comparable to a company providing contract manufacture, contract research and development of drugs to its Associated Enterprises- Both comparables as well as assessee are situated in India, no adjustment of ALP on account of locational advantage is called for.

S. 80IB(10) : Housing projects- Sale of flats to related persons- Amendment brought on 1-4-2010 vide clause (f) to section 80IB(10) barring sale of more than one flat in a housing project to related persons, is prospective in nature [ S.80IB(10)(f) ]

S. 72A : Carry forward and set off of accumulated loss and unabsorbed depreciation-Maintenance of separate books of account is not mandatory .[ S.72A(4)(a)]

S. 72 : Carry forward and set off of business losses -Search- Return is filed by assessee within reasonable time permitted by issue of notice under S. 153A(1)(a), such return will be deemed to have been filed within time permitted under S. 139(1) for benefit under S. 139(3) to be availed of by assessee [ S.80, 139, 153A ]

S. 69A : Unexplained money -Search and seizure -Block assessment -Statement on oath- Merely on the basis that assessee in course of statement made under S. 132(4) had admitted that said jewellery belonged to him, could not be sustained ,when in the course of assessment proceedings established that jewellery seized from him actually belonged to his employer – There is no requirement in law that evidence in support of its case must be produced by assessee only at time when seizure has been made and not during assessment proceedings .[ S.132(4) , 158BC ]