Category: Judgments

Consent of assessee cannot give AO right to make additions. the consent of the assesse/authorised representative cannot be a reason to sustain the addition.

Consent of assessee cannot give AO right to make additions. the consent of the assesse/authorised representative cannot be a reason to sustain the addition. This was upheld by ITAT Chennai in a recent judgment as under: Case Details: ITA Nos. 300 to 303/Mds/2016 Assessment Years : 2010-11 to 2013-14 M/s. …

Penalty us 271C-Contumacious conduct of assessee necessary to be established before penalty for failure to deduct tax (TDS) can be imposed-Supreme Court

Penalty us 271C-Contumacious conduct of assessee necessary to be established before penalty for failure to deduct tax at source (TDS) can be imposed-Supreme Court Case Details: Civil Appeal No. 1704 of 2008 Commr. of Income Tax Delhi (Appellant)  vs. Bank of Nova Scotia (Respondent) Date of Judgment: 07/01/2016 Coram: …

Self-made cash payment vouchers disallowance made for truck hire charges doubting genuineness of expenditure without any enquiry deleted by ITAT

Self-made cash payment vouchers disallowance additions made for truck hire charges doubting genuineness of expenditure without making any enquiry was deleted by ITAT Kolkata. Case Law Details: I.T.A. No. 1182 /KOL/ 2013 Assessment Year: 2008-2009 Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax vs. Shyam Sundar Agarwal Date of Judgment/Order: 27/05/2016 Important …

No disallowance us 14A on presumption when assessee not claimed any exempt income expenditure. No revision us 263 for view taken as per procedure prescribed

No disallowance us 14A on presumption only-If the assessee has not claimed any expenditure on exempt income and there can not be any disallowance under section 14A on mere presumption. This was held by ITAT Kolkata in a recent judgment as under: Case Law Details: I.T.A No. 1336/Kol/2013 …

Indirect expenses can never be in proportion to sale. There was no reason to ask justification to explain variation in expenses for the fluctuation in sales

Indirect expenses can never be in proportion to sale. There was no reason to ask justification to explain variation in expenses for the fluctuation in sales and make addition of projected expenses on the basis of increase in sale.  This was held by ITAT, Chandigarh while quashing additions …

Compliance of natural justice in disciplinary inquiry necessary. There are no specific statutory rule requiring observance of natural justice-Supreme Court

Compliance of natural justice in disciplinary inquiry necessary-Supreme Court The Supreme Court in a recent judgment has dwelt upon the compliance of principles of natural justice in a disciplinary inquiry and summarised the emerging points on the subject. Case Details: Civil Appeal No. 2265 of 2011 Chamoli District Co-operative Bank Ltd. & …

Fit and proper status of over-aged bank director. RBI Nomination Committee rejection for over age and twice election remanded back by Supreme Court

Fit and proper status of over-aged bank director. RBI Nomination Committee rejection for over age and twice election remanded back by Supreme Court Case Details: Civil Appeal No. 4820 of 2016 UCO Bank (Appellant) vs. Saumyendra Roy Choudhury & Ors (Respondent) Date of Judgment: 05/05/2016 Coram: Justice Kurian Joseph and …

Section 292BB can not cure time barred notice us 1432 issued after prescribed time limit. There is distinction between issue, service of notice-Allahabad HC

Section 292BB can not cure time barred notice us 143(2) issued after prescribed time limit. There is distinction between issue and service of notice-Allahabad High Court Case Law Details: Income Tax Appeal: No. 58 of 2016 Appellant :- Commissioner Of Income Tax (Exemption), Lucknow Respondent :- M/S Sushila Umrao …