Direct Tax

Loan-Routing Allegations Against Preity Zinta Unfounded: ITAT Deletes Rs. 10.84-Crore Addition Against Actress

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai, has set aside a major addition of Rs. 10.84 crore made to the income of a well-known...

ITAT Rejects Dept’s Attempt to Apply Higher GP Rate in Alleged Hawala Purchase Case

In a major relief to a Mumbai-based aluminium trader, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has dismissed the department’s appeal challenging the reduction of...

Part Installments Paid Under IDS Can’t Be Withheld By Income Tax Dept.: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has held that the income tax department cannot retain instalments paid under the Income Declaration Scheme (IDS), 2016 once a...

Gujarat High Court Holds Post-April 2022 Reopening Notices by Jurisdictional Assessing Officers Valid

In a significant ruling impacting hundreds of income-tax reassessment cases across the country, the Gujarat High Court on 17 September 2025 upheld the validity...

ITAT Quashes Reopening After Finding Assessment Based on ‘Wrong Assumption of Facts’

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Delhi Bench has set aside a reassessment order after holding that the reopening was initiated on an incorrect...

Supreme Court Slams Income Tax Dept For ‘Frivolous’ SLP, Warns Against Repeated Filings On Settled Issues

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed yet another Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Income Tax Department on an issue the Court had already...

Delhi High Court Upholds JAO’s Power to Issue S. 148 Notices, Rejects Challenge to Faceless-Only Jurisdiction

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a batch of petitions challenging the validity of reassessment notices issued by the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer (JAO) under...

CA Association Moves Gujarat HC Again Over Income-Tax Portal Failures, Seeks Structural Fixes and Accountability

The Chartered Accountants Association of Surat (CAAS) has once again knocked on the doors of the Gujarat High Court, filing a fresh writ petition...

Search-Related Income-Tax Assessments: Approval U/S 153D Granted Mechanically Without Application of Mind Vitiates Entire Assessment Order: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a large batch of appeals filed by the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (Central-4), affirming the Income Tax...

Incorrect Computation Of Deduction U/s 54F Doesn’t Amount To Misrepresentation Or Suppression Of Facts: ITAT

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Ahmedabad Bench set aside a penalty imposed for “misreporting of income” under Section 270A(9) of the Income Tax...

TDS on Payments to Non-Residents Can’t Exceed 10% Under DTAA: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that tax deducted at source (TDS) on payments made to non-resident entities cannot exceed the rate prescribed under the...

JAO V/s FAO | SC Restores Two Dismissed SLPs in Section 148–151A Controversy

The Supreme Court has restored two Special Leave Petitions (SLPs) previously dismissed in the ongoing national controversy over the legality of income tax reassessment...

Income Tax Dept. Illegally Adjusted of Refunds Despite Stay on Demand: Karnataka HC Orders Refund 

The Karnataka High Court has held that the Income Tax Department acted illegally by adjusting refunds due to the company for Assessment Years (AY)...

Kerala HC Quashes Faceless Appeal Rejection for 88-Year-Old Taxpayer, Says Appeal Can’t Be Dismissed for Non-Appearance

The Kerala High Court has set aside an order of the National Faceless Appeal Centre (NFAC) that had dismissed her income-tax appeal solely on...

Income Tax Dept to Notify New ITR Forms by January; Income Tax Act, 2025 to Take Effect From April 2026

The Income Tax Department is set to issue revised Income Tax Return (ITR) forms and related rules by January 2026 as part of India’s...

SC Seeks Govt, ECI & CBDT Response on Plea Challenging Tax Exemption for Anonymous Political Donations Under ₹2,000

The Supreme Court issued notices to the Union government, the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), and other...

Rs. 2.64 Crore Demonetisation Cash Deposit Addition Unjustified: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court (Jaipur Bench) has ruled that the ₹2.64 crore added to the income of a real estate company on account of...

TCS Not Applicable on Compounding Fees Collected from Illegal Miners: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that Tax Collected at Source (TCS) under Section 206C(1C) of the Income Tax Act does not apply to...

Calcutta HC Refuses to Admit Income Tax Dept Appeal Challenging ITAT’s Deletion of Rs. 1.21-Crore Addition On Share Capital

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax-2, Kolkata against an Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT)...

DRP Timeline Can’t Override Statutory Limitation: ITAT

The ITAT Hyderabad has held that Disputes Resolution Panel (DRP) timeline can’t override statutory limitation. The bench of Vijay Pal Rao (Vice President) and Madhusudan...

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