Notice issued for reopening assessment u/s 147 was beyond the...

Notice issued for reopening assessment u/s 147 was beyond the limitation period stipulated in Section 149(1). The High Court, following Ojjus Medicare Pvt. Limited, clarified the manner of reckoning the six or ten-year period for reopening assessment prior to six years or before expiry of ten years from the relevant assessment year u/s 153C. The court held that the ten-year period is to be reckoned from the end of the assessment year relevant to the year in which the notice u/s 148 is issued. Consequently, the impugned notice for Assessment Year 2015-16 was set aside, restraining the respondent from proceeding with the reassessment proceedings.