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S. 147 : Reassessment –With in four years- Change of opinion- No new material-Reassessment is held to be bad in law . [ S.80IA(4 ]

CIT v. Balaji Neemuch Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. (2019) 414 ITR 707 (MP)(HC)

S. 3 : Benami Transactions-Part payment of consideration or payment of stamp duty by person other than purchaser-Hindu Undivided Family-Purchases of properties in favour of wife much prior to sale of ancestral property-Properties could not be said to have been purchased in wife’s name from funds received by selling ancestral properties-Act cannot be applied retrospectively.

Mangathai Ammal (Decd.) through LRS v. Rajeswari (2019) 414 ITR 358/ 267 Taxman 506 (SC)

S. 269SS : Penalty-Mode Of receipt of loan and deposits-Not offering reasonable cause–levy of penalty is held to be justified. [S.271D, 273B]

Nitin Mohan Wadikar v. ACIT (2019) 414 ITR 647 (Bom.)(HC) Manisha Nitin Wadikar v .ACIT ( 2019) 414 ITR 647 (Bom.)(HC)

S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue–Capital gains-Investment in two flats-Combined in to one residential unit–Possible view–Revision is held to be not valid. [S.45, 54F, 133A]

PCIT v. Abhijit Bhandari (2019) 414 ITR 485/ / 178 DTR 201 / 265 Taxman 323 /( 2020) 312 CTR 326 (Mad.)(HC)

S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue–AO examined the claim in original assessment proceedings–Rule of consistency is applied–Revision is held to be not valid. [S.143(3), 80HHC]

CIT v. Kohinoor Foods Ltd. (2019) 414 ITR 249 / 180 DTR 41(Delhi)(HC)

S. 261 : Appeal-Supreme Court -Monetary limits-Tax effect of Less than of Rs. 1 crore-Appeal is allowed to withdrawn, leaving all the questions of law open. [S. 80HHC]

CIT v. Mereena Creations. (2019) 414 ITR 332 / ( 2020) 312 CTR 471 / 185 DTR 407 (SC)

S. 260A : Appeal-High Court–Jurisdiction-Original Assessment in Delhi-Centralised at Ghaziabad after Search action-Punjab and Haryana High Court has no territorial jurisdiction to hear appeal. [S.143(3), 153A]

CIT v. ABC Papers Ltd. (2019) 414 ITR 668 (P&H)(HC)

S. 226 : Collection and recovery-Modes of recovery-Insolvency proceedings initiated-Priority of debts-Creditor and department-Declaration of moratorium by National Company Law Tribunal against assesse-Petition is held to be infructuous [Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, S. 14(1), Art. 226, 227]

State Bank of India v. CIT (2019) 414 ITR 519 (P&H) (HC)

S. 220 : Collection and recovery-Stay-Stay was granted subject to payment specified in the order.[S. 226]

CIT v. Google India P. Ltd. (2019) 414 ITR 608 / 177 DTR 385/310 CTR 497/( 2020) 269 Taxman 183 (Karn.) (HC)

S. 194D : Deduction at source-Insurance commission–Tax was rightly deducted on net commission excluding service tax.

CIT v. Reliance Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (2019) 414 ITR 551/ 264 Taxman 296 (Bom.)(HC)