Composite show-cause notices spanning multiple financial years are jurisdictionally invalid, allowing writ review despite an alternative appellate rem...
ITAT ordinary territorial jurisdiction is determined by the location of the Assessing Officer who issued the assessment order, rather than the assessee's location or that of the Commissioner (Appeals). The President's procedural rule-making power does not extend to transferring a pending appeal between Benches situated in different States. Where the assessment order originated from an Assessing Officer at Chennai, the Mumbai Bench lacked jurisdiction over both the Revenue's appeal and the assessee's related cross-objection. Both were dismissed for want of territorial jurisdiction, with liberty to approach the appropriate Bench; merits remained open.
ITAT ordinary territorial jurisdiction is determined by the location of the Assessing Officer who issued the assessment order, rather than the assessee's location or that of the Commissioner (Appeals). The President's procedural rule-making power does not extend to transferring a pending appeal between Benches situated in different States. Where the assessment order originated from an Assessing Officer at Chennai, the Mumbai Bench lacked jurisdiction over both the Revenue's appeal and the assessee's related cross-objection. Both were dismissed for want of territorial jurisdiction, with liberty to approach the appropriate Bench; merits remained open.
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