Assessment Orders: Invalid Orders u/s 263 Cannot Be Revised for Validity; Not Prejudicial if Unsustainable by Law.

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....Revision u/s 263 - Assessment u/s 153C - revision of invalid assessment - the present proceedings being collateral proceedings and if the assessment order is inherently invalid or bad in law, then validity of such an order can be challenged at any stage in the collateral proceedings including the proceedings u/s.263, because invalid order cannot be set aside or can be revised to make it valid. Though assessment order may be said to be erroneous but certainly it cannot be held prejudicial to the interest of the revenue in such circumstances when assessment order itself is unsustainable, in view of the provisions of law - AT....