Where CIT exercised revisional jurisdiction under section 263 over an assessment allowing deduction on export quota premium, the Supreme Court upheld the revision. Revisional power is exercisable wher ... Read more..

Where assessee claimed deduction under section 80HHC on export quota premium relying on a CBDT Office Memorandum, the Supreme Court rejected the claim. Administrative circulars bind departmental autho ... Read more..

Where Parliament enacted section 147A retrospectively to validate notices issued by jurisdictional AOs without amending section 151A or scheme thereunder, the section was declared unconstitutional as ... Read more..

The order-in-original was vulnerable because it was made against a dead person. At least, prima facie, this is a case of a proprietary concern. Once the proprietor expires, at least notice should be g ... Read more..

If the authority concerned was satisfied with the reason shown by assessee for non-filing of the returns, the concerned authority shall take necessary steps in accordance with law, including revocatio ... Read more..

Assessee was directed to file a reply to the show cause notice within a stipulated period and the concerned authority was directed to consider the same and shall pass a reasoned order in accordance wi ... Read more..

Invalidation of cheque on account of merger with another bank would be a disputed question of fact and would be a probable defence that partners were free to take before Trial Court, they had not file ... Read more..

Scheme of arrangement did not contemplate vacation of attachment or closure of any proceedings filed by authorities under MPID Act as a consequence to approval of the scheme, the appellants did not me ... Read more..

Petitioners raised defence that no transaction of sale of jewellery ever took place and cheque was misused, but the same was not supported by any credible evidence, petitioners had not filed any evide ... Read more..