https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=97907 Notices issued to the email address recorded in the tax database were held valid in law; non-service cannot be attributed to the Assessing Officer where the assessee provided or allowed an inaccessible email ID, and the assessee bears the duty to furnish and monitor a valid communication address, but must still be afforded an opportunity to be heard. Where pandemic-related non-communication plausibly explains delayed compliance, delay in filing appeals to the CIT(A) was condoned and the appeals were restored for adjudication on merits, subject to a protective condition that the assessee deposit twenty percent of the demand; no fresh assessment or remand to the Assessing Officer was ordered. en-us Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:35:17 +0530 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:35:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=97907 Notices issued to the email address recorded in the tax database were held valid in law; non-service cannot be attributed to the Assessing Officer where the assessee provided or allowed an inaccessible email ID, and the assessee bears the duty to furnish and monitor a valid communication address, but must still be afforded an opportunity to be heard. Where pandemic-related non-communication plausibly explains delayed compliance, delay in filing appeals to the CIT(A) was condoned and the appeals were restored for adjudication on merits, subject to a protective condition that the assessee deposit twenty percent of the demand; no fresh assessment or remand to the Assessing Officer was ordered. Highlights Income Tax Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:35:17 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=97907