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S. 153A : Assessment – Search and seizure-No incriminating material was found- Rejection of claim u/s 80IB, 80IC is held to be not justified [ S.80IB, 80IC, 132 ]

CIT v. Dharampal Premchand Ltd. (2018) 408 ITR 170 (Delhi) (HC) Editorial: SLP is granted to the revenue , CIT v. Dharampal Premchand Ltd ( 2018) 405 ITR 27 (St)

S.147: Reassessment- Reason recorded was return was not filed -Affidavit in reply stated that possibility of application of S.50C- Incorrect reason- Notice is held to be bad in law .[ S. 50C, 139,148 ]

Mumtaz Haji Mohmad Memon. v. ITO (2018) 408 ITR 268 (Guj) (HC) www.itatonline.org

S.147: Reassessment-After the expiry of four years- Export oriented undertaking —Mentioning of wrong year of commencement of manufacture in Form 56G, when other materials furnished indicated correct year of commencement of manufacture is not a case of failure to disclose material facts — The proviso to S. 147 cannot be invoked on the Assessing Officer’s omission or mistake- Reassessment notice is held to be not valid – Notice is not barred by limitation .[ S.10B,148 ]

MBI Kits International v. ITO (2018) 408 ITR 1/ 172 DTR 89 / ( 2019) 306 CTR 125(Mad) (HC)

S.147: Reassessment-After the expiry of four years- No failure to disclose material facts-Deduction was allowed after scrutiny -Reassessment is held to be bad in law – Revision application of of the assessee was allowed .[ S.10B, 143(3),148, 264 ]

Hitech Outsourcing Services. v. PCIT (2018) 408 ITR 129 (Guj) (HC) Editorial: SLP of revenue is dismissed ,CIT v. Hitech Outsourcing Services ( 2018) 406 ITR 38 ( St)

S.132:Search and seizure – Survey converted in to Search- Seizure of unaccounted cash – Assessment pending- Writ to refund the amount of cash seized with interest was dismissed- On same set of facts second writ petition is not maintainable on the principle of Res Judicata. [ 132A, 1331, 153A, art. 226 ]

Rich Udyog Network Ltd. DIT (2018) 408 ITR 68/( 2019) 173 DTR 269 / 306 CTR 519 (All) (HC)

S. 80I : Industrial undertakings – Two units- No separate books of account- Division of income between the two units in proportion of their internal publication and circulation of the Ahmedabad edition is held to be proper .

CIT v. Lok Prakashan Ltd. (2018) 408 ITR 188/ ( 2019) 174 DTR 344/307 CTR 181 (Guj) (HC)

S. 80G : Donation -Spending more than 5 percent of income on pooja and telecast – Denial of approval was not justified when the exemption was granted under S.12AA of the Income -tax Act .[ S.12AA, 80G(5)(vi) ]

CIT v. Sant Girdhar Anand Parmhans Sant Ashram. (2018) 408 ITR 79/ 305 CTR 99/ 168 DTR 289 (P&H) (HC)

S. 69A : : Unexplained money – Income from undisclosed sources — Illegal gains by short supply of contracted articles – Addition as income from undisclosed source is held to be justified .

Mahesh Kumar Agarwal Alias Mahesh Agarwal v. ACIT (2018) 408 ITR 119/( 2019) 173 DTR 299/ 306 CTR 479 (Pat) (HC)

S.68:Cash credits — Share capital- The assessee being a private limited company the burden of proof was on a higher pedestal even though the assessee had furnished the particulars of the bank accounts, passport, permanent account number card, addresses and earnings by the shareholder-cum-director and the money had been invested through banking channels- the share subscribers did not have their own profit making apparatus and were not involved in business activity- Money was routed through – Profit motive normal in the case of investment was entirely absent -No profit or dividend was declared -Genuineness of transactions were doubted –Addition was held to be justified -No question of law arose . [ S.260A ]

Shreenath Heritage Liquor Pvt. Ltd. v. CIT (2018) 408 ITR 198 (Raj) (HC)

S. 40A(3) :Expenses or payments not deductible – Cash payments exceeding prescribed limits -Deletion of addition by Tribunal on ground that expenditure negligible considering turnover of assessee -Matter Remitted to AO to redo assessment on consideration of related documents .

CIT v. Vasantha Subramanian Hospitals Pvt. Ltd (2018) 408 ITR 176/ 258 taxman 396 / 172 DTR 423/( 2019) 307 CTR 569(Mad) (HC)