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S. 264 : Commissioner-Revision of other orders-Taxability of amount declared under Income Declaration Scheme-Rejection Of Application is not valid. [Finance Act, 2016 (2016) 384 ITR 1, 87 (St) (2019) 416 ITR 1(St), S.183, to 188 Art. 226]
Smita Rohit Gupta v. PCIT (2023)459 ITR 369 / (2024) 158 taxmann.com 157 / 340 CTR 700(Bom)(HC)
S. 260A : Appeal-High Court-Delay of 380 days-Delay in filling appeal is condoned-Tribunal is directed to decide on merits. [S. 68, 254(1)]
Rarefield Engineers Pvt. Ltd. v. ACIT (2023)459 ITR 766 /156 taxmann.com 643 (Mad)(HC)
S. 260A : Appeal-High Court-Judgement of earlier year is up held by High Court-No question of law.[S. 254(1)]
PCIT v. Jayantibhai Virjibhai Babariya (2023)459 ITR 447 /(2024) 158 taxmann.com 545 (Guj)(HC)
S. 260A : Appeal-High Court-Delay-Delay is not explained satisfactorily-Appeal is dismissed.
PCIT v. Britannia Industries Ltd. (2023)459 ITR 786 /156 taxmann.com 737 (Cal)(HC)
S. 254(2) : Appellate Tribunal-Rectification of mistake apparent from the record-Failure to apply judicial precedents and Circular issued by Central Board Of Direct Taxes-Error apparent on face of record-Tribunal has jurisdiction to rectify the mistake. [S.10(6)(viii), 143(1), 260A]
Rajeev Biswas v. UOI (2023)459 ITR 36 /(2022) 143 taxmann.com 3 (Cal)(HC)
S. 254(2) : Appellate Tribunal-Rectification of mistake apparent from the record-Tribunal cannot review its earlier order or reappreciate facts or rectify error of law-Search and seizure-Limitation-Prohibitory order-Department has remedy of appeal to High Court.[S. 132, 153C, 260A]
PCIT v. Hitesh Ashok Vaswani (2023)459 ITR 610 /156 taxmann.com 200 /(2024) 341 CTR 25(Guj)(HC)
S. 254(1) : Appellate Tribunal-Duties-Reasoned order-A non-speaking order not only prevents adversely affected persons from knowing the exact reasons behind the conclusion arrived at but also disables the aggrieved person from effectively availing of remedy before the higher forum.[S. 260A]
PCIT v. Shree Developers (2023)459 ITR 466 (MP)(HC)
S. 237 : Refunds-Interest-Credit for advance tax and tax deducted at source-Company Merging Under Order Of National Company Law Tribunal-Directions issued to give credit of refund with interest to entity with which company merged. [Art. 226]
Virtusa Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2023)459 ITR 522 (Telangana)(HC)
S. 194I : Deduction at source-Rent-Agreement with State Government for Development-External development charges-Not in the nature of rent-Tax not deductible at source on such charges. [S. 201(1), 201(IA), Art. 226]
DLF Homes Panchkula Pvt. Ltd. v. JCIT(OSD) (2023)459 ITR 773/149 taxmann.com 176/ 333 CTR 754 / 226 DTR 1 (Delhi)(HC)
S. 179 : Private company-Liability of directors-Only if Officer unable to recover tax due from Private company-Failure to record satisfaction-Show-cause notices and order quashed.[Art. 226]
Jagesh Savjani v.UOI(2023) 459 ITR 194/335 CTR 993 (Bom)(HC)