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2020 (2) TMI 725 - HC - Income TaxNotice u/s 143(2) - period of limitation - defective return filed u/s 139(1) - petitioner having filed the correct return in response to the notice under section 139(9) - HELD THAT:- Notice u/s 143(2) is a statutory notice, upon issuance of which, the Assessing Officer assumes jurisdiction to frame the scrutiny assessment under sub-section (3) of section 143. Consequently, if such notice is not issued within the period specified in sub-section (2) of section 143 viz. before the expiry of six months from the end of the financial year in which the return is furnished, it is not permissible for the Assessing Officer to proceed further with the assessment. In the facts of the present case, as discussed earlier, the petitioner filed its return of income under sub-section (1) of section 139 of the Act on 10.09.2016. Since the return was defective, the petitioner was called upon to remove such defects, which came to be removed on 07.07.2017, that is, within the time allowed by the Assessing Officer. Therefore, upon such defects being removed, the return would relate back to the date of filing of the original return, that is, 10.09.2016 and consequently, the limitation for issuance of notice under sub-section (2) of section 143 of the Act would be 30.09.2017, viz. six months from the end of the financial year in which the return under sub-section (1) of section 139 came to be filed. In the present case, it is an admitted position that the impugned notice under sub-section (2) of section 143 of the Act has been issued on 09.08.2017, which is much beyond the period of limitation for issuance of such notice as envisaged under that sub-section. The impugned notice, therefore, is clearly barred by limitation and cannot be sustained. - Decided in favour of assessee.
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