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Court stays Income Tax Act assessments & demands pending challenge The court issued a Notice returnable on a specific date in response to the petitioners' challenge of notices under section 148 of the Income Tax Act, ...
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Court stays Income Tax Act assessments & demands pending challenge
The court issued a Notice returnable on a specific date in response to the petitioners' challenge of notices under section 148 of the Income Tax Act, rejection of objections, assessment orders under section 143 read with section 147, and notices of demand under section 156. As an interim measure, the court stayed the operation of the assessment orders and notices of demand.
Issues: Challenging notices under section 148 of the Income Tax Act, rejection of objections against reasons recorded, assessment orders under section 143 read with section 147, and notices of demand under section 156.
Analysis: The petitioners challenged the notices issued under section 148 of the Income Tax Act, the order rejecting their objections against the reasons recorded, the assessment orders under subsection (3) of section 143 read with section 147, and the notices of demand under section 156. The petitioners argued that the Assessing Officer sought to reopen the assessment to make a protective addition in their hands, even though the assessment had already been made in the hands of the association of persons. They contended that the Assessing Officer could not have formed the belief that income chargeable to tax had escaped assessment based on a future hypothesis or contingency. They relied on a Bombay High Court decision stating that the reason to believe must be present and cannot be based on future possibilities. The petitioners also argued that the Assessing Officer did not address this submission in the order rejecting their objections, which they claimed was a breach of natural justice principles. They cited previous court decisions equating reasons with natural justice and argued that the present case satisfied the conditions where the alternative remedy does not bar a writ petition, specifically in cases of natural justice violations and proceedings without jurisdiction.
In response to the submissions made by the petitioners, the court issued a Notice returnable on a specific date. As an interim measure, the operation of the assessment orders passed under section 143(3) read with section 147, and the impugned notices of demand issued under section 156 of the Act were stayed. The court permitted direct service on the same day.
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