Category: Judgments

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 …

Addition on account of unexplained investment in construction of hotel building and undisclosed income from Lawn Garden bookings – ITAT dismissed appeal of the Income Tax Department In a recent judgment, ITAT Jaipur has upheld the deletion of additions of account of unexplained investment in construction of hotel …

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 …

Claim for exemption u/s 10(10B) though not claimed in return, can be raised during proceedings before CIT(A) or the Tribunal. In a recent judgment, the ITAT Chandigarh has held that claim for exemption u/s 10(10B) for compensation received on forced retrenchmen, though not claimed in return, being a …

Highest bidder has no vested right to have tender awarded in his favour – Supreme Court In a recent judgment, the Hon’ble Supreme Court has held that it is a settled law that the highest bidder has no vested right to have the tender allotted in his favour. …

No addition can be made merely for time gap between withdrawals and redeposits into bank – ITAT In a recent judgment, Hon’ble ITAT Kolkata deleted addition for cash deposit in bank due to time gap between the withdrawals and redeposits into same bank without any findings of fact …

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 …

Due to national holiday, deposit of PF on next working date is in due compliance with the provisions of section 36(1)(va) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 – ITAT  In a recent judgment, ITAT Chandigarh has held that the due date being the national holiday, the deposit of …

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 …