2023 (6) TMI 1276

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....AY GARG, JUDICIAL MEMBER: The present appeal has been preferred by the assessee against the order dated 03.02.2023 of the National Faceless Appeal Centre (hereinafter referred to as the 'CIT(A)') passed u/s 250 of the Income Tax Act (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act'). 2. The assessee in this appeal has assailed the action of the lower authorities in making/confirming the addition of Rs. 1,31....

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....vestments, then no disallowance is attracted u/s 14A of the Act. 3. The ld. D/R, however, has relied upon the newly inserted explanations to Section 14A of the Act, which is extracted for the sake of ready reference:- "14A. [(1)] [Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, for the purposes of] computing the total income under this Chapter, no deduction shall be allowed in r....

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....f ITAT Guwahati in the case of ACIT vs. Williamson Financial Services Ltd. reported in [2022] 140 taxmann.com 164 (Guwahati - Trib.). (Judicial Member herein being party to the said decision), to submit that the said explanation to Section 14A of the Act is retrospectively applicable. 4. However, the ld. A/R, has relied upon the recent decision of the Hon'ble Delhi High Court in the case of PCIT ....