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S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Lack of application of mind to return and documents filed by assessee and failure to conduct enquiry-Revision is held to be valid.
Nagal Garment Industries Pvt. Ltd. v. CIT (2019) 415 ITR 134 (MP) (HC) Editorial : SLP is granted to the assessee Nagal Garment Industries Pvt. Ltd. v. CIT (2019) 414 ITR 11 (St)
S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Initial assessment year-Claim was accepted without proper enquiry–Reassessment is valid. [S. 80IC, 143(3)]
Arun Trehan v. CIT (2019) 415 ITR 175 (P&H)(HC)
S. 260A : Appeal-High Court–Merger of order–Composite order being questioned before the court was rejected earlier-Appeal is held to be not maintainable. [S. 32(2), 72, 254(2)]
CIT v. S&S Power Switchgear Ltd. (2019) 415 ITR 376 (Mad.)(HC)
S. 254(1) : Appellate Tribunal–Duties-Tribunal denying Deduction without giving an opportunity to be heard-Matter remanded. [S. 80P(2), 80P(4)]
Bellad Bagewadi Krishi Seva Sahakari Bank Ltd. v. ITO (2019) 415 ITR 454 (Karn.)(HC)
S. 244A : Refunds–Interest on refunds-Appellate Tribunal directing Assessing Officer to calculate interest based on Supreme Court and High Court Decisions-Assessing Officer cannot traverse beyond scope of such order-Existence of alternative remedy is not bar to exercise of writ jurisdiction when the order is passed is bad in law and when authority exceeds his jurisdiction. [Art. 226]
Tata Communications Limited v. DCIT (2019) 415 ITR 344/ 180 DTR 121/ 265 Taxman 461/ 311 CTR 690 (Bom.)(HC)
S. 244A : Refunds–Interest on refunds-Amount seized–Shown as advance tax-Return accepted-Entitled to interest. [S. 132B(4)]
Agarwal Enterprises v. DCIT (2019) 415 ITR 225 / 307 CTR 322 / 175 DTR 57 (Bom.)( HC)
S. 226 : Collection and recovery-Modes of recovery -Property of guarantor given as collateral to bank-Secured creditor has priority of charge over income-tax dues-Order of attachment by tax recovery Officer is set aside. [Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, S. 13(2), 25(E) , Art. 226]
State Bank Of India v. TRO (TDS) (2019) 415 ITR 370/ 311 CTR 532/ 183 DTR 52 (Mad.) (HC)
S. 197 : Deduction at source-Certificate for lower rate–Capital gains-Sale of shares by non-resident—Rejection of application on ground that transaction of sale of shares was not genuine—Rejection of application is held to be not Justified-Substance over form- piercing the corporate veil -DTAA -India- Mauritius. [S 9(1)(i),90 ,195 Art , 13 . ]
Indostar Capital v. ACIT (2019) 415 ITR 513 / 178 DTR 161/ 309 CTR 202 / 265 Taxman 59 (Bom.)(HC)
S. 195 : Deduction at source-Non-resident-Royalty-Licence fee for use of software-Liable to deduct tax at source–Levy of interest is valid – DTAA-India–USA. [S. 90, 201(1), 201(IA), Art. 12(3)]
Zylog Systems Ltd. v. ITO (2019) 415 ITR 311/(2020) 185 DTR 319 / 116 taxmann.com 927 / 314 CTR 671(Mad.)(HC)
S. 158BC : Block assessment–Valuation of cost of construction- Valuation report was available before the date of search-No incriminating material was seized during search-Addition is unsustainable. [S. 60, 132]
Babu Manoharan v. CIT (2019) 415 ITR 83 / 266 Taxman 347/ 311 CTR 354/ 183 DTR 17(Mad.)(HC)