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S. 4 : Charge of income-tax-Accrual-Sale of fly ash-Did not belong to assessee-A separate utilization account as mandated, and used funds solely for specified purposes without deriving any benefit or ownership-Income not accrued to assessee-Sale proceeds were not taxable.[S. 5, 260A]
PCIT v. NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd. (2025) 174 taxmann.com 20 / 345 CTR 673 / 251 DTR 369 (Delhi)(HC)
S. 288 : Appearance by authorised representative –Duties – Appellate Tribunal – Adjournment sought by Departmental Representative – Statement of loss of trust in the Bench – Conduct held wholly unacceptable – Revenue representative duty bound to assist Tribunal – Matter adjourned with direction for proper representation. [S. 254(1)]
Dy .CIT v. Ashray Investments ( Mum)( Trib) www.itatonline .org
Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960 .
S. 23(2) : Open membership – Nominee – Succession dispute – Scope of revisional jurisdiction – Nomination does not confer ownership – Majority legal heirs supporting claim – Tenant has no locus to challenge internal arrangement among heirs – Revisional authority exceeded jurisdiction in interfering with grant of membership.[ Art. 226 ]
Pravinkumar Jethalal Dave v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. (Bom)(HC) www.itatonline.org .
S. 151 : Reassessment – Sanction for issue of notice – Sanction of specified authority – Notice issued beyond three years from end of relevant assessment year – Approval obtained from Pr.CIT instead of Pr.CCIT/CCIT – Invalid assumption of jurisdiction – Reassessment quashed. [ S. 144, 147 , 148, 148A(d), 151(ii) ]
Arvindbhai Khatri Sons Designs Pvt. Ltd. v. ACIT (Mum)(Trib) www.itatonline.org .
S. 263 : Commissioner – Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue – Long-term capital gains on equity-oriented funds – Annual letting value of properties – Non-initiation of penalty proceedings – Where AO had examined the details and taken a possible view, revision was not justified. [S. 45, 112A, 14A, 23, 24(b), 143(3), 271C]
Shri Mukul Rohatgi v. PCIT (Delhi)(Trib) www.itatonline.org .
S. 54 : Capital gains – Profit on sale of property used for residence – Development agreement – Indexed cost of acquisition – Assessee entitled to indexation on entire property and not restricted to 22.5% land share – Multiple floors in same redeveloped building constitute one residential house – Deduction u/s 54 allowable.[ S.2(47), 45 , 48 ]
Seeta Nayyar v. ACIT ( Mum)( Trib) www.itatonline.org .
S. 271E : Penalty-Repayment of loan or deposit-Reasonable cause-Bona fide transaction duly reflected in books-No intention to evade tax-Penalty not sustainable. [S. 269T, 273B]
Kamaljeet Kaur Gill v. JCIT (2025) 344 CTR 737 / 249 DTR 433 / 174 taxmann.com 53 (Chhattisgarh)(HC)
S. 271(1)(c) : Penalty-Concealment-Inadvertent data feeding mistake in the return-Audit report-Voluntary disclosure of the income-Penalty deleted. [S. 44B, 115JB, 139(5)]
Chhattisgarh State Power Transmission Company Ltd. v. DCIT (2025) 344 CTR 313 / 249 DTR 97 / 174 taxmann.com 418 (Chhattisgarh)(HC)
S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Survey-Lack of proper enquiry-Specific show-cause notice-Excess stock-Principal CIT unjustified in invoking revisionary jurisdiction-Tribunal order affirmed. [S. 69, 115BBE, 133A, 260A]
PCIT v. Mahavir Ashok Enterprises (P) Ltd. [2024] 167 taxmann.com 396 / (2025) 344 CTR 628 (Chhattisgarh) (HC)
S. 260A : Appeal-High Court-Review-Order passed on concession given by counsel-Review not maintainable. [S. 260A(7), Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, Order 47, R. 1]
Jharkhand State Cricket Association v. CIT (E) (2025) 344 CTR 540 / 249 DTR 233 (Jharkhand)(HC)