2022 (5) TMI 1550

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.... Parties : Mr. R. Chimnaka, Senior Standing Counsel ORDER 01. 1. This matter is taken up by a separate notice. 2. The Court has been shown the Judgment dated 4th May 2022, passed by the Supreme Court of India in Civil Appeal No.3005 of 2022 and batch (Union of India & others v. Ashish Agarwal), where the issue taken up for consideration was the correctness of the orders passed by the High....

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....IA and all judgments and orders passed by different High Courts on the issue and under which similar notices which were issued after 01.04.2021 issued under section 148 of the Act are set aside and shall be governed by the present order and shall stand modified to the aforesaid extent. The present order is passed in exercise of powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India so as to avoid a....

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....id extent only." 5. In the present case, the notice under Section 148 of the Act pertaining to the Assessment Year (AY) 2015-16 was issued on 30th March 2021, i.e., prior to 1st April 2021. Also, it was beyond the period of six years after the expiry of the AY in question. Consequently, both in light of the Judgment of the Supreme Court in Union of India & others v. Ashish Agarwal (supra) and t....