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S. 68 : Cash credits – Long term capital gains – Penny stock –Not subjected to any enquiry by SEBI – Sold through DMAT account – STT paid – Purchased at a rate as low as Rs.2.5/- to Rs.3/- per share and they were sold at a rate extremely as high as Rs.125/- to Rs.185/- per share- Order of Tribunal deleting the addition is affirmed . [ S. 10(38), 45, 260A ]
PCIT v. Ziauddin Walve (Bom)(HC) www.itatonline .org
S. 68 : Cash credits – Long term capital gains – Penny stock –Information from Investigation wing from Kolkata- Estimation of commission – Not subjected to any enquiry by SEBI -Statement of the assessee – Sold through DMAT account – Addition as cash credits and estimation of commission is deleted . [ S. 10(38), 45 , 69C, 131 ]
Chirag Tejpraksh Dangi v.ITO (Mum)( Trib)www.itatonline .org
S. 276C : Offences and prosecutions-Wilful attempt to evade tax-Acquittal after 29 years of launching of prosecution-No finding against assessee in penalty proceedings-Trial Court is justified in a. 277]
ITO v. Nagendranath Khuntia (2023)456 ITR 631 (Orissa)(HC)
S. 276B : Offences and prosecutions-Failure to pay to the credit tax deducted at source-Failure to issue notice treating director as Principal Officer of company-Cannot be decided in writ proceedings. [S. 2(35), 278B, Art. 226]
Dr. A. M. Arun (2023)456 ITR 110 / 154 taxmann.com 661 (Mad)(HC) Meera Arun (Smt.) v. ITD(2023)456 ITR 110 / 154 taxmann.com 661 (Mad)(HC)
S. 273 : Penalty-Advance tax-false estimate-Failure to pay-Mere mistake in mentioning particular provision-Subsequent correction of mistake-Order of penalty is valid. [S. 273(2)(a), 273(2)(aa)]
Industrial Cables (India) Ltd. v. CIT (2023) 456 ITR 798 (P&H)(HC)
S. 271AAA : Penalty-Search initiated on or after 1st June, 2007-Surrender of undisclosed income-Cover discrepancies-Levy of penalty is not valid.[S. 132]
PCIT v. Ind Swift Laboratories Ltd. (2023)456 ITR 270 /153 taxmann.com 763 / 335 CTR 1105(P&H)(HC)
S. 271(1)(c) : Penalty-Concealment-Capital or revenue-Debatable-Deletion of penalty is held to be justified.
CIT v. S. Kumar Tyres Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (2023)456 ITR 637 /147 taxmann.com 49 (MP)(HC)
S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Two views-Interest receivable is written off-Explanation 2 is prospective in application-Prior to 1-6-2015 inadequacy of enquiry cannot be the ground for passing the revision order.
PCIT v. Shivshahi Punarvasan Prakalp Ltd. (2023)456 ITR 336 /155 taxmann.com 408 (Bom)(HC)
S. 260A : Appeal-High Court-Jurisdiction-Assessment order passed by the Calcutta-Madras High Court had no jurisdiction. [S. 127, 143(3) 147]
PCIT v. Ojasvi Motor Finance Pvt. Ltd. (2023)456 ITR 655 (Mad)(HC)