Benami transaction and beneficial ownership: documentary and circumstantial evidence show payors were true beneficiaries, resulting in PBPTA consequen...
Denial of Preferential Treatment under SAFTA overturned where unchallenged Country of Origin certificate warranted exemption under Notification benefi...
Continuing offence of money-laundering: discharge set aside and proceedings reinstated where laundering continued after inclusion of predicate offence...
Validity of reassessment notice under s.147/s.148: held that Range head has concurrent jurisdiction and undated/unsigned reasons were not fatal where covering letter carried DIN - notice valid. Addition under s.2(22)(e): transactions characterized as ordinary course share trading; reliance on precedent and CBDT Circular supports deletion of deemed dividend - addition deleted. Disallowance under s.14A: no investment existed in books, AO's presumption defective - deletion sustained. Short-term capital loss on alleged property sale: absence of transfer evidence and contrived transactions found; CIT(A)'s relief set aside and AO's addition confirmed. Additions under ss.41(1) and 68: CIT(A)'s deletions sustained; other expense disallowances for non-production of parties overturned - mixed outcomes. - ITAT
Validity of reassessment notice under s.147/s.148: held that Range head has concurrent jurisdiction and undated/unsigned reasons were not fatal where covering letter carried DIN - notice valid. Addition under s.2(22)(e): transactions characterized as ordinary course share trading; reliance on precedent and CBDT Circular supports deletion of deemed dividend - addition deleted. Disallowance under s.14A: no investment existed in books, AO's presumption defective - deletion sustained. Short-term capital loss on alleged property sale: absence of transfer evidence and contrived transactions found; CIT(A)'s relief set aside and AO's addition confirmed. Additions under ss.41(1) and 68: CIT(A)'s deletions sustained; other expense disallowances for non-production of parties overturned - mixed outcomes. - ITAT
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