Year-specific satisfaction note required for section 153C jurisdiction; common mechanical note vitiated assessment where seized material lacked nexus

Consistency in assessee's own case defeats notional interest addition on subsidiary loans; settled view was followed

Unexplained investment in property: banking trail and parent-funded payment defeated section 69 addition despite no gift deed.

Surrendered business income cannot be taxed as unexplained income absent an independent source; business treatment affirmed.

Under-reporting penalty for depreciation disallowance fails where a charitable trust's income remains nil and no tax is payable

Make available test under India-UK DTAA: managerial business support services were not fees for technical services

Convertible debentures remain debt until conversion, and pre-conversion interest plus receivable adjustments need fresh transfer pricing review.

Electronic receipt of DRP directions triggers limitation for final assessment, making a later order time-barred.

Revenue expenditure and business deduction claims upheld for IPL franchise, website, club and employee costs

Working capital adjustment, comparable selection and trade receivables interest were revisited in transfer pricing, with key additions deleted and rem...

Corporate guarantee commission and book profit computation require fact-based allocation and fresh recomputation after Section 14A exclusion

Customs classification disputes and show cause notices: writ interference declined, statutory adjudication required, natural justice plea left open.

Suspension of container freight station approval remanded after unargued contention, with interim revival of suspension order

Strict construction of baggage exclusion preserves tribunal jurisdiction over seized foreign currency disputes before customs clearance

Writ jurisdiction over pending tribunal proceedings barred when alternative remedies exist; parallel filings treated as abuse of process

Tentative security interest determination: liquidator's distribution view was not final and remained subject to pending appellate challenge.

Proof of deposit and insolvency moratorium controlled the repayment claim, leaving only the insolvency process remedy.

Reasoned adjudication requires consideration of pleadings; unreasoned partial relief order was quashed and remanded for fresh decision.

Wrong assessee code and unjust enrichment cannot defeat refund once the service tax levy fails on mutuality grounds.

Refund of service tax paid by mistake may survive limitation where tax was not payable, subject to verification.