Attachment and proclamation of sale of immovable property: limitation treated from financial year end; proclamation held within period, petition dismi...
Second Schedule attachment and validity of a post-notice mortgage: TRO cannot declare mortgage void ab initio; sale and appropriation allowed thereaft...
Limitation for final assessment under sections 144C and 153 treated jointly, resulting in quashing of timebarred assessment order and liberty to reviv...
Non-speaking assessment orders that do not address taxpayer submissions violate the principles of natural justice; the impugned orders confirming liability and referring to interest and penalty without reasoned findings were quashed and set aside. The respondents are directed to issue fresh show-cause notices, grant a personal hearing, and pass detailed, reasoned speaking orders expeditiously (preferably within one month of service). The court found mechanical adjudication caused prejudice and remanded the matter for fresh adjudication to cure the procedural defect.
Non-speaking assessment orders that do not address taxpayer submissions violate the principles of natural justice; the impugned orders confirming liability and referring to interest and penalty without reasoned findings were quashed and set aside. The respondents are directed to issue fresh show-cause notices, grant a personal hearing, and pass detailed, reasoned speaking orders expeditiously (preferably within one month of service). The court found mechanical adjudication caused prejudice and remanded the matter for fresh adjudication to cure the procedural defect.
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