Dismissing the appeal of the revenue the Court held that ; even before recording reasons on 31 st March 2010, under his signature, a notice u/s. 148 was already issued on 30th March, 2010, therefore Tribunal was right in holding that even if case made out in affidavit belatedly filed by AO was correct, it would not advance case of revenue. Court observed that the process of recording reasons as per mandate of Sub-Section (2) of S. 148 was completed when AO signed reasons on 31st March, 2010, thus, even before recording reasons under his signature, a notice u/s. 148 was already issued on 30th March, 2010, therefore reassessment was held to be bad in law .
CIT v. Blue Star Ltd. (2018) 162 DTR 302 / 301 CTR 38 (Bom) (HC)
S. 147 : Reassessment – Recorded reason was 31 st March 2010 where as notice u/s 148 was issued on 30 th March 2010 -Recording of reasons before issue of notice is mandatory hence Reassessment was held to be bad in law [ S.148 ]