Reopening of assessment u/s 147 - Sham transaction of gift - No...

Reopening of assessment u/s 147 - Sham transaction of gift - No new material surfaced during the reassessment proceedings on which the AO could have formed a requisite belief with regard to escapement of assessment and the assessee had disclosed all the materials fully and truly during the previous assessment proceedings. Under the circumstances, the impugned Notice under Section 148 of the Act dated 26.02.2019 assuming jurisdiction under Section 147 of the Act after the expiry of four years from the end of the relevant assessment year is clearly without jurisdiction of law and cannot be sustained in law - HC

---