Infrastructure-development deduction remains available to EPC contractors when substantive statutory conditions outweigh contractor labels in agreemen...
Explained Investment Sources: documented gifts and traceable salary savings supported deletion of additions for property and mutual-fund SIP investmen...
Internal comparable pricing supports arm's-length interest on compulsorily convertible debentures, preventing their recharacterisation as equity for t...
Nominee director protection shields independent financial-institution appointees from criminal liability where they lack involvement in deposit defaul...
Absence of reasons in approval order u/s 151 for reopening assessment u/s 148 renders it invalid. Mere appending of word "approved" without recording satisfaction after application of mind is insufficient. Approval is a safeguard, not a mere ritual, and reasons linking material to conclusion are necessary per Supreme Court's decision in M.L. Capoor's case. Principal Chief Commissioner's grant of approval in printed format without reasons fails to fulfil requirement of Section 151. Mere use of "approval" without independent application of mind cannot be considered valid approval.
Absence of reasons in approval order u/s 151 for reopening assessment u/s 148 renders it invalid. Mere appending of word "approved" without recording satisfaction after application of mind is insufficient. Approval is a safeguard, not a mere ritual, and reasons linking material to conclusion are necessary per Supreme Court's decision in M.L. Capoor's case. Principal Chief Commissioner's grant of approval in printed format without reasons fails to fulfil requirement of Section 151. Mere use of "approval" without independent application of mind cannot be considered valid approval.
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