2026 (5) TMI 544

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....m Prakash, Sr. DR ORDER PER M. BALAGANESH, A. M.: 1. The appeal in ITA No. 558/Del/2026 for AY 2017-18, arises out of the order of the ld National Faceless Appeal Centre (NFAC), Delhi [hereinafter referred to as 'ld. CIT(A)', in short] dated 22.12.2025 against the order of assessment passed u/s 147 r.w.s. 144B of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') dated 26.05.....

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....pproval under section 151 of the Act from the Learned PCIT which fact is quite evident from the order passed under section 148A(d) of the Act dated 23-7-2022. Since the reopening in the instant case has been made beyond 3 years from the end of the relevant assessment year, the specified sanctioning authority for the purposes of section 148 of the Act is Learned PCCIT. Since the approval in the ins....

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....aforesaid backdrop that Mr. Kantoor, learned counsel, had submitted that the said sanction accorded by the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax ["PCIT"] would not sustain. 4. We note that while dealing with the said question, we had in Abhinav Jindal H.U.F. v. Commissioner of Income Tax and Ors [2024 SCC OnLine Del 6585] duly enunciated the legal position which would obtain. We had ultima....