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2024 (4) TMI 800 - AT - Income TaxValidity of notice issued u/s 143(2) by the Non-Jurisdictional AO - No objection were filed within one month u/s 124 - Unexplained credits addition u/s 68 r.w.s. 115BBE as amount received on sale of shares unexplained - HELD THAT:- It is nowhere disputed by the Revenue that the notices issued in this regard were from non-jurisdiction AO. Only defence made out by the Revenue is that there was no objection within one month as per section 124 made by the assessee during assessment proceedings, thus section 292BB supports the case of the Revenue. We are in agreement with the submissions of assessee wherein by placing reliance upon the case of ITO vs. Almak Finance P. Ltd. [2020 (10) TMI 795 - ITAT DELHI] it was held that when authorities have no jurisdiction over the assessee, the act done by such authority is bad in law and void ab initio. Thus, it is the claim of the assessee that by not disputing jurisdiction u/s 124 (3) of the Act, right to challenge the jurisdiction will not be lost forever, thus the defect is not curable u/s 292B & 292BB. Thus we hold that AO did not have jurisdiction and accordingly, the assessment order is liable to be quashed as such. Therefore, by holding that notices were issued from non-jurisdictional AO, the assessment order is hereby quashed. Appeal of the assessee is allowed.
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