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August 2024

Glimpses of Supreme Court Rulings

By Kishor Karia, Chartered Accountant | Atul Jasani, Advocate
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6 Special Leave Petition — Dismissed on grounds of efflux of time — Question of Law kept open

PCIT vs. Atlanta Capital Pvt. Ltd.

(2024) 464 ITR 346 (SC)

A notice dated 27th March, 2008 u/s. 148 of the Act for the assessment year 2001–02 was issued to the assessee at an old address, though the Assessing Officer had served letters dated 8th August, 2007 and intimation u/s. 14(1) dated 25th January, 2008 for the assessment year 2006–07 at the new address. The Tribunal quashed the reassessment proceedings holding that there was no proper service of notice. The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal holding that there was no substantial question of law. According to the High Court, the mere fact that an assessee participated in the reassessment proceedings despite not having been issued or served with the notice u/s. 148 of the Act in accordance with law will not constitute a waiver of the jurisdictional requirement of the issuance and the service of notice.

The Supreme Court observed that the said notice as followed by t

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