Directions to DGP to issue SOP for mandatory recording of search and seizure

  The Allahabad High Court, while hearing a case relating to the alleged theft of 40 motorcycles, directed the Director General of Police (DGP), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, to issue a detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for mandatory recording of search and seizure as prescribed under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). The … Read more

Benami Transactions, Demonetisation Cash Routing and Provisional Attachment

Benami Transactions, Demonetisation Cash Routing and Provisional Attachment Statutory Definitions, “Reasons to Believe” under Section 24(1), and the Doctrine of Independent Satisfaction M/s Bajrang Traders v. Initiating Officer, BPU, Ahmedabad Decision: 10 December 2025 (Appellate Tribunal under SAFEMA) The decision rendered by the Appellate Tribunal under SAFEMA, New Delhi, in M/s Bajrang Traders v. Initiating … Read more

Revision under section 264 vs Appeal under section 246A – Scope of Discretion, Errors in Return and Preventive Role of Revisional Jurisdiction

Revision under Section 264 vis-à-vis Appeal under Section 246A: Scope of Discretion, Errors in Return and the Preventive Role of Revisional Jurisdiction – An Analysis of the Bombay High Court decision in Swaminarayan Mandir Trust The recent decision of the Bombay High Court in Swaminarayan Mandir Trust Versus Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemptions), Mumbai & … Read more

Addition under Section 69 of Income Tax Act 1961- On Money – purchase of Shop

  ITAT Mumbai Strikes Down Additions for Want of Proof Ajay Kumar Agrawal Nehru Place, New Delhi (For Professional Circulation) 03 January 2026 The decision of the Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai Bench in Jayantilal Purohit v. Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Central Circle–4(2), Mumbai (ITA Nos. 5682, 5683 and 5684/Mum/2025, … Read more

TDS u/s 195 on Sponsorship & Trademark Rights – Indo-Singapore DTAA

  CA AJAY KUMAR AGRAWAL Nehru Place, New Delhi Case Reference – 0004 | Date: 31/12/2025 For Professional Circulation Delhi High Court | Judgment dated 24 December 2025 W.P.(C) 15181/2004 LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. Versus Director of Income Tax (International Taxation) & Anr. Core Issue: The core issue before the Delhi High … Read more

Condonation of Delay for Filing Return of Income u/s 119(2)(b)

Delhi High Court | Judgment dated 23 December 2025 W.P.(C) 19589/2025 & CM Appl. 81894/2025 Manjit Singh Dhaliwal versus Commissioner of Income Tax (International Taxation)-01, New Delhi The Delhi High Court examined the scope and limits of the power of condonation of delay under section 119(2)(b) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, in the context of … Read more

Penalty for cash transactions in property

  Shri Jagdish Prashad Gupta Vs  Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, Range – 1(1), Muzaffarnagar ITA No. 3822/Del/2024 | ITAT Delhi Assessment Year: 2017-18 Order dated: 23 December 2025   CORE ISSUE: Whether penalty under section 271D of the Income-tax Act, 1961 for alleged violation of section 269SS can be sustained in a case where … Read more

Interest in capital assets – alternative claim for 24(b) deduction

  Allowance of claim of interest expenses – assessee had claimed as business expenses and alternatively, as expenses allowable under the head “Income from House Property” u/s 24(b) – asset was put to use ITAT JAIPUR: Rup Kumar Ramchandani Prop. M/s SHE, Ajmer Versus Income Tax Officer, Ward-1 (2) Ajmer,No.- ITA No. 1258/JPR/2025 Dated: December … Read more

Penalty for maintenance of Books of account

Whether penalty under section 271A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 can be levied where the assessee has maintained books of account which were audited under section 44AB, but the Assessing Officer rejected the books under section 145(3) due to alleged deficiencies and estimated income. Case Citation – ITAT Kolkata Anita Basak v. ACIT, Central Circle-1(1), … Read more