S. 192 : Deduction at source – Salary – Consultant doctors – No employer-employee relationship – TDS deductible u/s 194J – Income from business or profession-No substantial question of law – Contract – Annual Maintenance Contracts (AMCs) – Whether technical services – Matter remanded to the Tribunal to verify the contract . [S. 133A, 194C , 194J, 201(1), 201(1A), 260A ]

S. 56 : Income from other sources – Property received for inadequate consideration – Difference between agreement value and stamp duty value – Oral agreement supported by contemporaneous evidence –Agreement fixing the consideration and does not mandatorily require a written agreement – Change in stamp duty valuation method – Addition not sustainable- No binding precedent – Tribunal held that decision is based the facts and circumstances unique to assessee’s case and therefore the same cannot be applied as precedent in any other case. [S. 56(2)(vii)(b)(ii), 69B ]

S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes – Carry forward of deficit – Excess expenditure incurred by trust in earlier years – Set off against income of subsequent years – Permissible – Appeal of Revenue dismissed. [S. 11(1)(a), 11(1)(d), 260A .]

S. 270A : Penalty for under -reporting and misreporting of income – Transfer Pricing adjustment – Advanced Pricing Agreement – No order passed u/s. 92CD(3) on modified return – Virtual hearing mandatory under Faceless Penalty Scheme – Penalty order quashed and matter remanded to AO to grant virtual hearing and pass fresh speaking order within 12 weeks. [S. 92CD(3) , 143(3), 144C(3), Art. 226 ]

S. 143(3) Assessment – Disallowance of expenditure – Business income – Entries in the books of account is not conclusive- Alternative remedy – No deduction of expenses claimed either by assessee or unit holders – Addition made by AO wholly without jurisdiction – Writ petition maintainable – Assessment order quashed. [S. 10(23FBA), 28(i), 37(1), 115UB, 144B , 246A , Art. 226]

S. 254(2) : Appellate Tribunal – Rectification of mistake apparent from the record – PF/ESI contribution – Subsequent decision of Supreme Court – Cannot be ground for rectification – Tribunal erred in recalling its order on the basis of subsequent ruling – Writ petition allowed. [S. 254(1), 143(1)(a), 36(1)(va), 43B, 260A, Art. 226, CPC O.47 R.1]

S. 73 : Loss in share trading – Speculation loss – Set-off – Not allowable against profit from F&O transactions – Arbitrage operations – Explanation to S.73 operates independently of S.43(5) – Speculative loss cannot be adjusted against F&O business income.[ S.28(i) , 43(5)]

S. 143(3): Assessment – Appeal pending before CIT(A)- Writ – Alternate remedy – Writ petition not maintainable- Extraordinary jurisdiction – Not to be invoked when alternate statutory remedy is available- The Court directed CIT(A) to dispose of the appeals (both against assessment and penalty orders) within eight weeks. [ S. 144B 250 , Art. 226 ]