Direct Tax/ Income Tax Archive

Delhi HC: Reassessment was quashed as time-barred due to absence of escaped income in the form of an asset and full disclosure by the assessee

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Delhi HC: RATNAGIRI GAS AND POWER PVT. LTD. V. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX Background: The Petitioner. Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt. Ltd. filed a Petition challenging a reassessment notice issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for the A.Y. 2013-14. Essentially, the Petitioner was aggrieved by the initiation of reassessment …
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Rejection of application for nil withholding tax certificate. Hon’ble Delhi High Court found that the rejection lacked proper justification and directed the issuance of a nil withholding tax certificate while allowing the authorities to reassess the petitioner’s taxability independently.

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Delhi HC: LUFTHANSA CARGO AG VERSUS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX & ORS. 2025 (4) TMI 89 Background: The case involves Lufthansa Cargo AG, a tax resident of Germany engaged in international cargo transportation, disputing the rejection of its application for nil withholding tax certificate under Section 195(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The …
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Income Tax Notice & Order issued in the name of a deceased person, Hon’ble Bombay HC set aside the reassessment notices and orders

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Bombay HC: AMJAD AHMED SHAIKH VERSUS ITO:2025 (3) TMI 358 Background: The case concerns a dispute regarding the validity of income tax notices and assessment orders issued by the Department in the name of a deceased individual. The petitioner, Amjad Ahmed Shaikh, is the legal heir of Late Ahmed Gulamnabi Shaikh, who passed away on …
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A discussion on maintainability of Writ Petition under Article 226 where disputed questions of facts exist.

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A discussion on maintainability of Writ Petition under Article 226 – where disputed questions of facts exist. Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the High Courts are given the power to issue writs. That this power to issue writ is a discretionary power of the High Courts.  However, the High courts while entertaining …
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