S. 144B : Faceless Assessment – Natural justice – Order passed without issuing a show cause notice -cum draft assessment order- Mandatory requirement – Order was set aside.[ S. 143(3), 144B(7) (vii), 156 , 270A , Art. 226 ]

S. 144B : Faceless Assessment – Natural justice -Variation in taxable income – Order passed without according a personal hearing – Order vitiated -Order was set aside.[ S. 143(3), 144B(7) (vii), 156 , 270A , Art. 226 ]

S. 143(3): Assessment – Cash credit – Personal hearing was not given – Violation of principle of natural justice – Order was set aside. [ S.68, 220 ]

S. 143(2) : Assessment – Notice – Additions are made without issue of notice – Matter was remanded [ S. 143 (3) ]

S. 115JB : Book profit – Exempt income – Disallowance of expenditure made under section – No addition can be made while computing book profits-Reduction of provision for bad and doubtful debt written back- Addition cannot be made for purpose of computing book profit . [ S.14A, 36( 1) (vii) ]

S. 115JB : Book profit – Power generating company –Additional ground – Provision is not applicable .[ S. 254(1) ]

S. 115A : Foreign companies – Tax – Royalty –Entitled to adopt rate of tax payable on royalty income in respect of both agreements entered into before 1-6-2005 as on or after 1-6-2005 as per provisions of section 115A(1)(b) or provisions of Article 12 of Indo-US DTAA, which were more beneficial- DTAA -India -USA [ S.90 , Art , 12 ]

S. 80P : Co-operative societies – Credit society – Credit facility to its members – Exemption allowable [ S.80P(2)(a)(i) ] S. 80P : Co-operative societies – Credit society – Credit facility to its members – Exemption allowable [ S.80P(2)(a)(i) ]

S. 49 : Capital gains – Previous owner – Cost of acquisition – Indexation – Inheritance – Indexed cost of acquisition has to be computed with reference to year in which previous owner first held asset and not year in which assessee became owner of asset- Property outside India – Entitled to exemption under section 54 where investment in purchase of flat outside India was prior to 1-4-2015 entitled to exemption under section 54 where investment in purchase of flat outside India was prior to 1-4-2015 [ S. 2(42A, )45, 48(iii) ,49(1)(iii)(a), 54, 54F ]

S. 43(5) : Speculative transaction – Foreign exchange fluctuation – Forward contract- Not speculative in nature – Allowable as revenue expenditure [ S.37 (1) ]