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Section 158A - Procedure when assessee claims identical question of law is pending before High Court or Supreme Court - Income-tax Act, 1961Extract 1 [ CHAPTER XIV-A SPECIAL PROVISION FOR AVOIDING REPETITIVE APPEALS Procedure when assessee claims identical question of law is pending before High Court or Supreme Court. 158A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, where an assessee claims that any question of law arising in his case for an assessment year which is pending before the 2 [ Assessing ] Officer or any appellate authority (such case being hereafter in this section referred to as the relevant case) is identical with a question of law arising in his case for another assessment year which is pending before the High Court on a reference under section 256 or 3 [ before the Supreme Court on a reference under section 257 or in appeal under section 260A before the High Court or in appeal under section 261 before the Supreme Court ] (such case being hereafter in this section referred to as the other case), he may furnish to the 4 [ Assessing ] Officer or the appellate authority, as the case may be, a declaration in the prescribed form and verified in the prescribed manner, that if the 5 [ Assessing ] Officer or the appellate authority, as the case may be, agrees to apply in the relevant case the final decision on the question of law in the other case, he shall not raise such question of law in the relevant case in appeal before any appellate authority or 6 [ in appeal before the High Court under section 260A or in appeal before the Supreme Court under section 261 ] . (2) Where a declaration under sub-section (1) is furnished to any appellate authority, the appellate authority shall call for a report from the 7 [ Assessing ] Officer on the correctness of the claim made by the assessee and, where the 8 [ Assessing ] Officer makes a request to the appellate authority to give him an opportunity of being heard in the matter, the appellate authority shall allow him such opportunity. (3) The 9 [ Assessing ] Officer or the appellate authority, as the case may be, may, by order in writing,- ( i ) admit the claim of the assessee if he or it is satisfied that the question of law arising in the relevant case is identical with the question of law in the other case; or ( ii ) reject the claim if he or it is not so satisfied. (4) Where a claim is admitted under sub-section (3),- ( a ) the 10 [ Assessing ] Officer or, as the case may be, the appellate authority may make an order disposing of the relevant case without awaiting the final decision on the question of law in the other case; and ( b ) the assessee shall not be entitled to raise, in relation to the relevant case, such question of law in appeal before any appellate authority or 11 [ in appeal before the High Court under section 260A or the Supreme Court under section 261 ]] . (5) When the decision on the question of law in the other case becomes final, it shall be applied to the relevant case and the 12 [ Assessing ] Officer or the appellate authority, as the case may be, shall, if necessary, amend the order referred to in clause ( a ) of sub-section (4) conformably to such decision. (6) An order under sub-section (3) shall be final and shall not be called in question in any proceeding by way of appeal, reference or revision under this Act. Explanation .- In this section,- ( a ) appellate authority means the 13 [ Deputy Commissioner (Appeals) ] , 14 [ the Joint Commissioner (Appeals) or the Commissioner (Appeals) ] or the Appellate Tribunal; ( b ) case , in relation to an assessee, means any proceeding under this Act for the assessment of the total income of the assessee or for the imposition of any penalty or fine on him. ] **************** NOTES:- 1. Inserted vide Section 31 of the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1984 w.e.f. 01-10-1984 2. Substituted vide Section 2 of the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987 w.e.f. 01-04-1988 before it was read as, Income-tax 3. Substituted vide Section 63 of the Finance Act, 2002 w.e.f. 01-06-2002 before it was read as, before the Supreme Court on a reference under section 257 or in appeal under section 261 4. Substituted vide Section 2 of the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987 w.e.f. 01-04-1988 before it was read as, Income-tax 5. Substituted vide Section 2 of the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987 w.e.f. 01-04-1988 before it was read as, Income-tax 6. Substituted vide Section 63 of the Finance Act, 2002 w.e.f. 01-06-2002 before it was read as, for a reference before the High Court under section 256 or the Supreme Court under section 257 or in appeal before the Supreme Court under section 261 7. Substituted vide Section 2 of the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987 w.e.f. 01-04-1988 before it was read as, Income-tax 8. Substituted vide Section 2 of the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987 w.e.f. 01-04-1988 before it was read as, Income-tax 9. Substituted vide Section 2 of the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987 w.e.f. 01-04-1988 before it was read as, Income-tax 10. Substituted vide Section 2 of the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987 w.e.f. 01-04-1988 before it was read as, Income-tax 11. Substituted vide Section 63 of the Finance Act, 2002 w.e.f. 01-06-2002 before it was read as, for a reference before the High Court under section 256 or the Supreme Court under section 257 or in appeal before the Supreme Court under section 261 12. Substituted vide Section 2 of the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987 w.e.f. 01-04-1988 before it was read as, Income-tax 13. Substituted vide Section 2 of the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987 w.e.f. 01-04-1988 before it was read as, Appellate Assistant Commissioner 14. Substituted vide Section 78 of the Finance Act, 2023 w.e.f. 01-04-2023 before it was read as, the Commissioner (Appeals)
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