NCLT Nullifies Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) of Income Tax Act; Assessing Officer Must Comply with Order.

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....Penalty levied u/s 271(1)(c) - demand has already been extinguished in the order passed NCLT - The only apprehension of the assessee perhaps is that the AO may not nullify the demand, since the Ld CIT(A) has observed that he is dismissing the appeal as infructuous. In our view, this apprehension is unfounded, since the AO should necessarily nullify the demand following the order passed by NCLT and not on the basis of appellate orders passed under the Income tax Act. - AT....