Court Rules Non-Service of Intimation Not Grounds for Reopening; Highlights Tech Advancements in Faceless Assessments.

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....Validity of reopening of assessment - non-service of the intimation - Department has now made an advancement with the use of employment of technologies advance. The assessment is also faceless and if return of income is to be filed, is also in e-mode, the entire materials were available with the officer concerned in e-mode and therefore, lack of inter-departmental co-ordination or nonapplication of mind to the materials already available with the department, is hardly be a ground for the Court to hold nonservice of the intimation. - HC....