COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX vs. M/S. SUCHITA RAJU MEHTA

TCA.No.151 of 2020 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 17.12.2020 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE T.S.SIVAGNANAM and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE V.BHAVANI SUBBAROYAN Tax Case Appeal No.151 of 2020 The Commissioner of Income Tax, Non Corporate Circle 10(4), Chennai ...Appellant Vs Ms.Suchita Raju Mehta ...Respondent APPEAL under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 against the order dated 11.10.2019 passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Madras 'B' Bench, Chennai made in I.T.A.No.135/Chny/2019 for the assessment year 2015-16. For Appellant: Mr.M.Swaminathan, SSC assisted by Ms.V.Pushpa, JSC For Respondent: served and no appearance Judgment was delivered by

T.S.SIVAGNANAM

This appeal has been filed by the Revenue under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 ('the Act' for brevity) challenging the order 1/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/ TCA.No.151 of 2020 dated 11.10.2019 made in I.T.A.No.135/Chny/2019 on the file of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Chennai, 'B' Bench ('the Tribunal' for brevity) for the assessment year 2015-16. 2. The appeal was admitted on 09.3.2020 on the following substantial questions of law : “1. Whether the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal was right and justified in setting aside the order passed by the Assessing Officer to re-examine the matter when the Assessing Officer has already duly examined the matter before passing the assessment order? And 2. Whether the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal was right and justified in remitting the issue back to the file of the Assessing Officer and shifting the onus to the Revenue with a direction that the Assessing Officer shall bring on record the role of the assessee in promoting the company and the relationship of the assessee, if any with the promoters, role of the assessee in inflating the price of shares etc.?” 3. We have heard Mr.M.Swaminathan, learned Senior Standing Counsel assisted by Ms.V.Pushpa, learned Junior Standing Counsel appearing for the appellant/Revenue. Though the respondent is served and her name printed in the cause list, non appears for her. 4. The learned Senior Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of 2/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/ TCA.No.151 of 2020 the Revenue has been instructed by the Department to submit that the assessee already filed the declaration/undertaking under the Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme on 08.6.2020 seeking to avail the benefit of the scheme and is awaiting orders to be passed in Form No.3. 5. In the light of the subsequent event, the Competent Authority shall process the application/declaration in accordance with the Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020 (Act 3 of 2020) and pass appropriate orders as expeditiously as possible. The assessee is given liberty to restore this appeal in the event the ultimate decision to be taken on the declaration filed by the assessee under Section 4 of the said Act is not in favour of the assessee. If such a prayer is made, the Registry shall entertain the prayer without insisting upon any application to be filed for condonation of delay in restoration of the appeal and on such request made by the assessee by filing a miscellaneous petition for restoration, the Registry shall place such petition before the appropriate Division Bench for orders. 6. The tax case appeal stands disposed of with the aforementioned liberty. Consequently, the substantial questions of law framed are left open. 17.12.2020 3/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/ TCA.No.151 of 2020 T.S.SIVAGNANAM,J AND V.BHAVANI SUBBAROYAN,J RS To The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, 'B' Bench, Chennai. TCA.No.151 of 2020 17.12.2020 4/4 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/