Assessment against a deceased taxpayer is void from inception despite the legal heir pursuing appellate proceedings.

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....Assessment proceedings initiated and completed in the name of a person who had died before the second-round proceedings began lack legal validity. The legal heir's participation in appellate proceedings does not cure the foundational defect of assessing a non-existent deceased assessee. Consequently, the search assessment for the relevant assessment year was treated as void ab initio and quashed, while the remaining grounds were left open as academic.....