Co-operative society's mandatory reserve and share capital fixed deposits with banks-interest treated as business income under 80P(2)(a)(iii) deductio...
Income tax reassessment reopening after four years on investigation tip, without s.147 proviso disclosure failure, struck down as borrowed satisfactio...
Quashing of ex parte assessment order and remand for fresh adjudication on merits subject to a pre-deposit regime is directed; HC requires the assessee to deposit between 25% and 100% of disputed tax depending on delay, with the present case requiring one-third as pre-deposit, and mandates vacation of bank attachment upon compliance. Prior payments or recoveries shall be set off against the pre-deposit. Failure to comply permits the revenue to resume recovery proceedings as if the petition were dismissed. Writ petition disposed accordingly.
Quashing of ex parte assessment order and remand for fresh adjudication on merits subject to a pre-deposit regime is directed; HC requires the assessee to deposit between 25% and 100% of disputed tax depending on delay, with the present case requiring one-third as pre-deposit, and mandates vacation of bank attachment upon compliance. Prior payments or recoveries shall be set off against the pre-deposit. Failure to comply permits the revenue to resume recovery proceedings as if the petition were dismissed. Writ petition disposed accordingly.
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