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S. 271(1)(c) : Penalty-Concealment-Notice-Not specifying the charge-Quantum appeal admitted before High Court-Penalty was deleted. [S. 274]

Jamsetji Tata Trust v. ACIT (2020) 208 TTJ 303 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 271(1)(c) : Penalty-Concealment-Failure to strike off the irrelevant default in show cause notice-Levy of penalty is held to be not valid. [S. 274(1)]

Pardeep Kumar Sareen v. ITO (2020) 206 TTJ 12 (UO) (Amritsar) (Trib.)

S. 271(1)(c) : Penalty-Concealment-Notice-Irrelevant words were not strike down by AO-Non application of mind by AO-Notice was bad in law-Levy of penalty is held to be bad in law. [S. 274]

Darshan Pal Singh Garewal v. Dy. CIT (2020) 196 DTR 1 / 208 TTJ 259 (Amritsar)(Trib.) Malti Gupta v. Dy. CIT (2020) 196 DTR 1 / 208 TTJ 259 (Amritsar) (Trib.) Tejender Singh Sahai v. Dy.CIT (2020) 196 DTR 1 / 208 TTJ 259 (Amritsar)(Trib.)

S. 271(1)(c) : Penalty-Concealment-disallowance u/s.10A-only on presumption basis-Not due to inaccurate information-Penalty was deleted. [S.10A]

Auro Gold Jewellery Pvt. Ltd. v. Dy.CIT (2020) 192 DTR 89 / 204 TTJ 1005 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 271(1)(c) : Penalty-Concealment-Assessee’s good faith cannot be disproved-Transaction is held to be at ALP-Levy of penalty is held to be not justified. [S. 92CA(3)]

ITO v. Tianjin Tianshi India P. Ltd. (2020) 189 DTR 26 / 205 TTJ 107 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Just because Commissioner was not satisfied with manner of verification and investigation-Assessment order held not to be erroneous-Revision order was quashed. [S. 143(3)]

Mandeep Singh Dhillon v. PCIT (2020) 207 TTJ 9 (UO) (Amritsar)(Trib.)

S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-View of the Assessing Officer is in conformity with the view of judgement of High Court-Revision is held to be not valid.[S.144C]

Shell India Markets Private Limited v. CIT (2020) 206 TTJ 405 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Assessing Officer has not examined the issue in proper perspective-Revision is held to be justified. [S. 14A, 115JB]

Tanglin Developments Ltd. v. Dy.CIT (2020) 194 DTR 65 / 207 TTJ 752 (Bang.)(Trib.)

S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Limited liability scrutiny-Assessing Officer examined documents in the original assessment proceedings-Revision is held to be not valid. [S. 143(3)]

Magic London LLP v. PCIT (2020) 188 DTR 238 / 204 TTJ 765 (Delhi)(Trib.) Graffiti Technologies LLP v. PCIT (2020) 188 DTR 238 / 204 TTJ 785 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 254(1) : Appellate Tribunal-Powers-Delay of 349 days-Substantial justice deserved to be preferred-Delay was condoned-Matter remanded to CIT (A) to decide on merit. [S. 250, 253(5), 271(1)(c)]

Munka Dall & Oil Mills Pvt. Ltd. v. ITO (2020) 207 TTJ 29 (UO) (Jaipur)(Trib.)