Motilal Hastimaji Bothra (Late) v.ITO (2023)108 ITR 166 (Mum)(Trib)

S. 147 : Reassessment-Notice in the name of dead person-Expired before passing of the assessment order-No notice is served on legal heir-Assessment is non est and bad in law.[S. 143(1),144, 148, 159]

Held  that  the assessee expired much before the passing of the assessment order on February 24, 2016 and all the notices except that dated June 24, 2015 were issued after the death of the assessee on August 6, 2015. According to section 159 of the Act, where a person dies, his legal representative shall be liable to pay any sum which the deceased would have been liable to pay if he had not died, in the like manner and to the same extent as the deceased. After the death of the assessee, his legal heir was not brought on the record, and no notice was issued in the name of the legal heir. Therefore, the assessment order framed in the name of the deceased assessee was non est in law and hence  quashed.(AY.2010-11)