Court Sets Aside Reopening of Tax Assessment Due to Improper Approval Beyond Four-Year Limit u/s 151(1.

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....Reopening of assessment u/s 147 - reopening as based on audit objection - notice beyond four years - since four years had expired from the end of the relevant assessment year, as provided under Section 151(1) of the Act, it is only the Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner or Principal Commissioner or Commissioner who could have accorded the approval and not the Additional Commissioner of Income Tax. On this ground alone, we will have to set aside the notice dated 31.03.2021 issued under Section 148 of the Act, which is impugned in this petition - HC....