High Court Rules Extensive Inquiry Not Needed in Reopening Tax Assessment; Competent Authorities to Decide Merits.

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....Reopening of assessment u/s 147 - When factually, the Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax formed an opinion by assigning reasons that the issue involved during the original assessment was different from that of the reasons for reopening of assessment, then there is no reason for the High Court to go into the further details by conducting a roving enquiry and it is for the Competent Authorities to adjudicate the issues on merits and by affording opportunity to the writ petitioner in the manner prescribed under the Statute. - HC....