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S. 194C : Deduction at source-Contractors-Advance payment-Liability to deduct tax at source only if there is income-Reimbursement of expenses-No income arises-Tax not deductible at source. [S. 190]

Zephyr Biomedicals v. JCIT (2020) 428 ITR 398 / 317 CTR 129 / 194 DTR 337 / (2021) 276 Taxman 305 (Bom.)(HC) Orchid Biomedical Systems v. JCIT (2020) 428 ITR 398 / 317 CTR 129 / 194 DTR 337 / (2021) 276 Taxman 305 (Bom.)(HC)

S. 153A : Assessment-Search-Deletion of addition is held to be justified-No question of law. [S. 260A]

PCIT v. Shiv Sahai and Sons (I.) Ltd. (2020) 428 ITR 363 / (2021) 277 Taxman 50(Mad.)(HC)

S. 147 : Reassessment-Alternative remedy-Reassessment proceedings completed and appeal filed from order of reassessment -Writ is held to be not maintainable. [S. 148, Art. 226]

Suresh Kumar Agarwal v. Dy. CIT (2020) 428 ITR 101/ 317 CTR 1000 / 196 DTR 276 (Chhattisgarh) (HC)

S. 147 : Reassessment-Notice issued after proper sanction-No return submitted in response to notice-Existence of alternate remedy-Writ to quash the notice is held to be not maintainable. [S. 148, 151, Art. 226]

Naval Kishore Khaitan v. PCIT (2020) 428 ITR 62 (AP)(HC)

S. 147 : Reassessment –With in four years- Change of opinion- Speculative transactions – Reassessment is held to be not valid. [S. 43(5), 148]

PCIT v. Shree Laxmi Jewellery Pvt. Ltd. (2020) 428 ITR 379 (Mad.)(HC)

S. 147 : Reassessment-With in four years-Agricultural land-Change of opinion-Reassessment is held to be not valid. [S.2(14), 148]

CIT v. Ramesh Shroff (2020) 428 ITR 499 (Mad.)(HC)

S. 147 : Reassessment-With in four years-Capital gains-Advance received-Addition cannot be made as income from other sources- Addition is held to be not justified-Reassessment was quashed. [S. 2(27(v), 45, 56, 148]

CIT v. City Lubricants Pvt. Ltd. (2020) 428 ITR 109 / 195 DTR 457 / (2021) 318 CTR 87 (Mad.)(HC)

S. 147 : Reassessment-After the expiry of four years-No failure to disclose material facts-Denial of exemption-Reassessment notice is held to be not valid. [S. 10(15)(iv)(c), 148, 154, Art. 226]

State Bank of India v. Vineet Agrawal, ACIT (2020) 428 ITR 519 /317 CTR 388/ 195 DTR 81 /( 2021) 276 Taxman 229 (Bom.)(HC)

S. 147 : Reassessment-After the expiry of four years-No failure to furnish material facts-Reply to Audit to drop the proceedings- Purchase and sale of shares disclosed in the course of original assessment proceedings-Reassessment is held to be not valid [ S. 56(2)(vii)(a), 147]

Madurai Power Corporation Private Limited v. Dy. CIT (2020) 428 ITR 117/ ( 2021 ) 323 CTR 533 (AP)(HC)

S. 147 : Reassessment-After the expiry of four years-Transfer of shares-Gift-No failure to disclose facts-Change of opinion- Reassessment notice is held to be not valid. [S. 45, 148]

Asian Satellite Broadcast Pvt. Ltd. v. ITO (2020) 428 ITR 327/ 195 DTR 153 / (2021) 276 Taxman 316 /318 CTR 305 (Bom.)(HC)