https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=384547 The Court found the assessment order made in the name of a deceased individual to be invalid. It directed the Income Tax Department to redo the assessment in the name of the legal heir, the petitioner. The Court emphasized the need for the Department to update its software to handle posthumous filings by legal heirs. The assessment order against the deceased was deemed unsustainable, and the Court ordered a fresh assessment in the petitioner's name without expressing views on the case's merits. The writ petition was disposed of with directions to redo the assessment process, and no costs were awarded. en-us Tue, 30 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 14 Aug 2019 14:47:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=384547 The Court found the assessment order made in the name of a deceased individual to be invalid. It directed the Income Tax Department to redo the assessment in the name of the legal heir, the petitioner. The Court emphasized the need for the Department to update its software to handle posthumous filings by legal heirs. The assessment order against the deceased was deemed unsustainable, and the Court ordered a fresh assessment in the petitioner's name without expressing views on the case's merits. The writ petition was disposed of with directions to redo the assessment process, and no costs were awarded. Case-Laws Income Tax Tue, 30 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=384547