Steel-timber construction shuttering/formwork tariff classification dispute: essential character held steel, classified as shuttering under Heading 73...
Family-linked property purchases using fabricated loan agreements and benami-style arrangements held to be crime proceeds; attachment upheld, appeal d...
Charitable tree plantation and maintenance for environmental preservation treated as "charitable activity", exempt from GST under Notification 12/2017...
Reassessment was challenged on the validity of "reasons to believe" and the requirement of a live link between material and alleged escapement of income. The recorded reasons were internally contradictory, alternately stating that no return was filed and that declared income did not match cash deposits, showing uncertainty on foundational facts. The AO relied merely on AIR data of cash deposits without any independent analysis or tangible material explaining the nature of transactions or connecting deposits to undisclosed income, rendering the reasons vague and lacking rational nexus. Consequently, the reassessment initiation was held invalid and the assessee's ground was allowed - ITAT
Reassessment was challenged on the validity of "reasons to believe" and the requirement of a live link between material and alleged escapement of income. The recorded reasons were internally contradictory, alternately stating that no return was filed and that declared income did not match cash deposits, showing uncertainty on foundational facts. The AO relied merely on AIR data of cash deposits without any independent analysis or tangible material explaining the nature of transactions or connecting deposits to undisclosed income, rendering the reasons vague and lacking rational nexus. Consequently, the reassessment initiation was held invalid and the assessee's ground was allowed - ITAT
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