Category: High Courts

Section 271J Penalty on CAs was challenged in Madras High Court. The Court had accepted the writ petition. However, the appeal was dismissed for non appearance of Petitioner In a recent judgment, Madras High Court dismissed the Writ Petition challenging Section 271J Penalty on CAs. The Court had …

Assessment Order can not be passed if the objections filed by the assessee are pending before the DRP – High Court In a recent judgment, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court has held that notwithstanding the lack of information with the AO, if an objection has been filed and …

Bank Cash Credit / Overdraft account which has not been utilized or availed can not be attached by Income Tax Authorities u/s 226   In a recent judgment, the Hon’ble High Court has held that bank Cash Credit / Overdraft account, which has not been utilized or availed …

Two distinct, non-adjacent flats at opposite ends of two different floors does not fulfill the criteria for exemption under Section 54F  – Delhi High Court In a recent judgment, Delhi High Court held that use of the word ‘a‘ in Section 54F of the Income Tax Act denotes …

ITD to provide link to assessee to file appeal with new PAN when assessment order was passed in old PAN – High Court In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Kerala High Court directed Income Tax Department to provide a link in to assessee to file appeal in e-portal with …

AO whether obliged to decided pointwise objection of assessee in response to notice u/s 148A(b) – Supreme Court admits SLP of the assessee  In a recent judgment, the Hon’ble Allahabad High Court had held that all merit objections raised by the assessee in response to a notice issued …

High Court directs return of passports to directors accused of tax evasion u/s 276C, 277 of income Tax Act 1961 In a recent judgment, the Hon’ble High Court of Madras has directed return of passports to directors of company accused of offences u/s 276C for willful attempt to …

Chartered Accountants guilty of misconduct on bringing disrepute to the profession whether or not related to his professional work – Delhi High Court confirms penalty in set aside proceedings In 2018 Supreme Court had over ruled the judgment of Delhi High Court and held that a Chartered Accountants …

If Society has both charitable and religious objects, registration u/s 12AA can not be denied by invoking provisions of section 13(1)(b) – High Court  In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Chhattisgarh High Court upheld the order of the ITAT that when the Society has both charitable as well as …

There is no overlap between two phrases “concealment of particulars of his income” and “furnished inaccurate particulars of income” – High Court upheld ITAT in deleting penalty u/s 271(1)(c) for not specifying limb of applicable charge.  In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Delhi High Court has held that where …