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Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, PATNA “SMC” BENCH
Before: Shri Sanjay Garg
.. अपीलाथ� /Appellant ��यथ� /Respondent Hearing through video Conferencing Shri Alok Kumar, AR अपीलाथ� क� ओर से/By Appellant Shri Ajay Kumar, Addl. CIT-SR-DR ��यथ� क� ओर से/By Respondent 20-01-2021 सुनवाई क� तार�ख/Date of Hearing 20-01-2021 घोषणा क� तार�ख/Date of Pronouncement आदेश /O R D E R The present appeal has been preferred by the assessee against the order of the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals)-1, Patna dated 24.11.2017 [hereinafter referred to as ‘CIT(A)’]. The assessee in this appeal has contested the validity of the re-assessment framed u/s 147 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (in short ‘the Act’).
The present appeal is barred by limitation with seven days delay. A separate condonation petition has been filed by the assessee. In view of the reasons explained and considering the shortness of the delay, I condone the delay in filing the present appeal. Case is now taken up for adjudication on merits.
At the outset, Ld. counsel for the assessee has submitted that no notice u/s 143(2) of the Act has been issued to the assessee before framing the assessment u/s 147 of the Act. The Ld. DR has also not denied this fact on record. It has been held time and again by the various courts of this country that the issue of notice u/s. 143(2)