Invalid jurisdiction in post-search assessment led the ITAT to quash the regular scrutiny assessment.

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....After a search under section 132 in the assessee's case, the ITAT held that the Assessing Officer could not continue with a normal scrutiny assessment under section 143(3) and had to proceed under the special post-search statutory route. Because the Revenue did not dislodge this jurisdictional defect, the Tribunal found an invalid assumption of jurisdiction and quashed the assessment framed under section 143(3). The grounds challenging the additions on merits were therefore rendered academic.....