Search and seizure: abatement of earlier search bars use of prior seized material in later search-based assessments; relief limited to new documents f...
Admission of additional evidence under remand rules must await a meaningful remand report; failure to do so breaches natural justice and mandates rema...
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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