{"id":324182,"date":"2024-06-12T15:15:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T09:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=324182"},"modified":"2024-06-12T14:16:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T08:46:29","slug":"del-hc-quashes-reassessment-notice-for-assessment-year-2013-14-due-to-exceeding-statutory-time-limit-under-income-tax-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/06\/12\/del-hc-quashes-reassessment-notice-for-assessment-year-2013-14-due-to-exceeding-statutory-time-limit-under-income-tax-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi High Court quashes reassessment notice for AY 2013-14 due to exceeding statutory time limit under Income Tax Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Delhi High Court:<\/span> In a present writ petition filed challenging the notice dated 31-03-2023 issued under Section 148 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002955939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Income Tax Act, 1961<\/a> (&#8216;Act&#8217;) seeking reassessment of the petitioner&#8217;s Assessment Year (&#8216;AY&#8217;) 2013-14. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Yashwant Varma*, Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, JJ.<\/span>, while allowing the present petition, held that impugned noticed issued on 31-03-2023, for reassessment of AY 2013-14 falls beyond the ten-year block period as set out under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001559402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">153-C<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001559400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">153-A<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002955939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Act<\/a>, which makes it unsustainable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court stated, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;we allow the instant writ petition and quash the notice dated 31 March 2023 referable to Section 148 of the Act.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">It was contended by the petitioner that the notice issued on 31-3-2024 comes under the amended regime of reassessment which came into effect on 01-04-2021. The reassessment had to satisfy the provision made in the first proviso to Section 149(1) of the Act. The said proviso reads as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; font-style: italic;\">&#8220;Provided that no notice under Section 148 shall be issued at any time in a case for the relevant assessment year beginning on or before 1st day of April, 2021, if [a notice under Section 148 or Section 153-A or Section 153-C could not have been issued at that time on account of being beyond the time limit specified under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of this section or Section 153-A or Section 153-C, as the case may be], as they stood immediately before the commencement of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9000780183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Finance Act, 2021<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court after dealing with additional facts, finds that the impugned notices under Section 148 of the Act was served to the petitioner in pursuance of search investigation which was conducted in the case of the Proform Group on 09-02-2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court relied on <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Principal Commissioner of Income Tax1<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Ojjus Medicare Pvt. Ltd<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/10DJ3Ly2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 SCC OnLine Del 2439<\/a>, wherein the court observed that, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;As is evident from the prima facie observations which came to be rendered by us on that occasion, the reassessment which is sought to be initiated for Assessment Year [&#8220;AY&#8221;] 2012-13 would not sustain bearing in mind the prescription of limitation as contained in Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001559393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">149(1)(b)<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002955939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Income Tax Act, 1961<\/a> [&#8220;Act&#8221;] as it stood at the relevant time&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court while computing the <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;the relevant assessment year&#8221;<\/span> from the date of the impugned Section 148 notice stated that, as the AY 2013-14 falls beyond the ambit of ten-year block period as set out under Section 153C\/153A, the notice to render reassessment was unsustainable.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-collapse: collapse; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; float: center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; table-layout: auto; top: -0.12mm; width: 150.93mm; margin-bottom: 3%;\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"141\"\/>\n<col width=\"104\"\/>\n<\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 37.43mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm;top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">Computation of the ten-year block<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 27.5mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm;top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">No. of years<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 37.43mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">AY 2023-24<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 27.5mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 37.43mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">AY 2022-23<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 27.5mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 37.43mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">AY 2021-22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 27.5mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 37.43mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">AY 2020-21<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 27.5mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 37.43mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">AY 2019-20<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 27.5mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 37.43mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">AY 2018-19<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 27.5mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 37.43mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">AY 2017-18<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 27.5mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 37.43mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">AY 2016-17<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 27.5mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 37.43mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">AY 2015-16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 27.5mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 37.43mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">AY 2014-15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0.5pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #000000; border-left-width: 0.5pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #000000; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #000000; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #000000; padding-bottom: 0.0mm; padding-left: 1.91mm; padding-right: 1.91mm; padding-top: 0.0mm; vertical-align: top; width: 27.5mm;\">\n<p style=\"float: center;margin-bottom: 0.0mm; text-align: center; top: -0.12mm; Times New Roman&quot;;\">10<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court further stated that, the notice of reassessment on 31-03-2023 under Section 148 of the Act stands quashed and the instant writ petition is allowed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Flowmore v. DCIT, W.P.(C): 3738 of 2024, decided on: 27-05-2024<\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">*Judgement authored by: Justice Yashwant Varma<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For Petitioner:<\/span> Sumit Lalchandani, Salil Kapoor, Utkarsh Gupta, Ananya Kapoor &amp; Shivam Yadav, Advocates<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For Respondents:<\/span> Hemant Kumar Yadav, SPC For Resp.\/ UOI; Shlok Chandra, SSC; Madhavi Shukla, Priya Sarkar, JSCs &amp; Sudarshan Roy, Advocate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Court quashed the notice of reassessment issued on 31-3-2023 as it surpassed the ten-year block as prescribed u\/S first provision to Section of 148(1) of the Income Tax Act, 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