28 Principal CIT vs. Oxygen Business Park Pvt. Ltd.
[2024] 463 ITR 125 (Del)
A.Y. 2011–12
Date of order: 8th December, 2023
Ss. 80IAB, 132, 143(1), 143(2) and 153A of ITA 1961
Search and seizure — Assessment in search cases — Special deduction — Return processed and no notice issued for enquiry — No incriminating material found during search — Special deduction cannot be disallowed on basis of statement recorded subsequent to search.
For the A.Y. 2011–12, the assessee’s return of income wherein it claimed deduction of net profit u/s. 80-IAB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 was processed u/s. 143(1). Thereafter, on 29th October, 2013, search and seizure operation was conducted u/s. 132 at the premises of the assessee. In response to notice u/s. 153A, the assessee requested the Department to treat the original return of income as the return filed in