S. 2(24) : Income–Collection of value added tax on behalf of the State Government–Excess over expenditure deposited in State Treasury–Not assessable as income. [S. 2(24(i), 12A]

Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act , 1988.
S.3: Prohibition of benami transactions- The Benami Amendment Act, 2016, amending the Benami Act, 1988, comes into force on 01.11.2016 and does not have retrospective effect. [S. 2((9), 5,8 / Art . 226 , 227 ]

S. 254(1) : Appellate Tribunal -Low tax effect Appeals- Less than 50 lakhs – Applies to all pending appeals- 628 Departmental appeals are dismissed . [ S.253 ] .

S. 197 : Deduction at source – Certificate for lower rate –Quasi judicial – Must be supported by valid and cogent reasons- Orders passed by a statutory authority under “dictation” of a superior officer or anyone else is bad in law .[ R.28AA ]

S. 143(2) : Assessment – Notice –Failure to issue a notice u/s 143(2) renders the assessment order void even if the assessee has participated in the proceedings -Deeming fiction does not operate to save complete absence of notice [ S.292BB ]

S. 92CA: Reference to transfer pricing officer – CBDT’s Instruction No.3/2003 dated 20.05.2003 makes it mandatory for the AO to make a reference to the TPO- The failure to make reference to the TPO renders the Transfer Pricing Adjustments made therein are bad in law though the assessment order is good- The matter should be restored to the file of the AO so that appropriate reference could be made to the TPO.[ S. 92C, 119 ]

S. 68 : Cash credits –Share capital premium- The test of human probabilities cannot be applied to business transactions- The AO cannot reach this conclusion without further investigation and bringing material on record -Reopening is held to be bad in law [ S.147, 148 ]. .

S. 56 : Income from other sources –HUF –Relative – Amounts received by a member from the ‘HUF’ cannot be said to be income of the member exigible to taxation- Revision is held to be not valid [ S.56(2) (vii), 263 ].

S. 50C : Capital gains-Full value of consideration- stamp valuation- Though the 3rd Proviso to S. 50C, which provides a safe harbour of 5%, applies w.e.f. 01.04.2019, it must be interpreted to apply since the insertion of s. 50C (01.04.2003) because it is curative and removes an incongruity and avoids undue hardship to assessees. [ S. 43CA, 45 ]

S. 45 : Capital gains – Penny stocks- Bogus capital gains- 282 times gain in 12 months- The meticulous paper work of routing the transaction through banking channel is futile because the results are altogether beyond human probabilities. [ S.10(38) ]