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S. 144B : Faceless Assessment-Draft assessment order-Final notice with draft assessment order not served-Assessment order not valid. [S. 144B(1)(xvi), 144B(xxii), Art. 226]

Idex India Pvt. Ltd. v. ACIT (2022) 441 ITR 616 / 285 Taxman 400 (Guj.)(HC)

S. 144B : Faceless Assessment-Draft assessment order-Violation of principle of natural justice-Failure to issue notice-Order not valid [S.143(3), 144(2), Art. 226]

Gandhi Realty (India) Pvt. Ltd. v. ACIT (2022) 441 ITR 316 / 214 DTR 283 (Guj.) (HC)

S. 144B : Faceless Assessment-Procedure prescribed not followed-Cash credits-Firm-Partner-Source of the investors of capital and amount received need not be established-Matter remanded. [S.68,69, 143 (3), 144B(9), Art. 226]

Darshan Enterprise v. ACIT (2022) 441 ITR 473 / 209 DTR 417 / 324 CTR 469 / 286 Taxman 75 (Guj.)(HC)

S. 144 : Best judgment assessment-Discrepancy in dates of actual hearing and dates of service of notices mentioned in assessment order-Not granted an effective opportunity of hearing-Assessment order and consequential penalty notices set aside-Matter remanded. [S. 263, 271(1)(c), Art. 226]

Gangadhar Jena v. PCIT (2022) 441 ITR 642 / 209 DTR 353 / 324 CTR 376 (Orissa)(HC)

S. 143(3) : Assessment-Alternative remedy-Adequate opportunities of hearing given were not availed-Writ is not maintainable when there is an efficacious statutory remedy of appeal before CIT(A). [S. 143(2), 246A, Art. 226]

Amjathkhan Sharmila Siraj (Mrs.) v. ITO (2022) 441 ITR 1 / 210 DTR 1//325 CTR 330 / 145 taxmann.com 227 (Mad.) (HC) Arunachalam Nadar Muthuraj v. ITO (2022) 441 ITR 107 / 285 Taxman 415 (Mad.)(HC)

S. 139 : Return of income-Revised return-Demerger-Delay in filing revised return-Demerger-Protective assessment-Sanction from Company law Board-Rejection of revised return is not valid. [S 139(5), Art. 226]

Deep Industries Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2022)441 ITR 307 / 212 DTR 307 / 326 CTR 107 (Guj.)(HC)

S. 132B : Application of seized or requisitioned assets-Seizer of cash-Direction issued to return seized cash in accordance with assessment order. [S. 132B(3), Art. 226]

Jayeshkumar and Co. v. UOI (2022) 441 ITR 592 (Delhi) (HC)

S. 132(4) : Search and seizure-Statement on oath-Presumption as to correctness-Onus on Deponent to prove the contrary-Retraction of statement should be at the earliest with supporting material-Affidavit of mother in law is held to be unreliable as they were interested and self-serving testimonies-Order of Tribunal remanding the matter to the file of CIT (A) is affirmed. [S. 132, 132(4A)]

A.J. Ramesh Kumar v. Dy. CIT (2022) 441 ITR 495 (Mad.)(HC)

S. 132 : Search and seizure-Offences and prosecution-Disclosure of information-Police cannot ask the Income tax Authorities to hand over the documents seized by the Income tax Authorities. [S. 138(2), 293, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, S. 91, Art. 226]

DGIT (Inv.) v. Deputy Commissioner of Police (2022) 441 ITR 89 / 285 Taxman 256 / 209 DTR 207 / 324 CTR 292 (Karn.)(HC)

S. 80P : Co-operative societies-Providing Loans to associate or nominal members-Interest earned-Matter remanded. [S. 80P(2)(a)(i)]

Sri Laxmi Venkatesh Credit Co-Op. Society Ltd. v. PCIT (2022) 441 ITR 598 (Karn.)(HC)