M/S. SHAKAMBHARI ISPAT & POWER LTD., ,KOLKATA vs. DCIT, CENTRAL CIRCLE 3(3), , KOLKATA
ITA 1198/KOL/2025[2021-2022]Status: DisposedITAT Kolkata02 Jan 2026AY 2021-2022
For Appellant: Shri S. Jhajharia, FCAFor Respondent: Shri Sanat Kumar Raha, CIT-DR
Section 132Section 132(1)Section 147Section 148
…oned. The appellant's case was reopened on 10.01.2023, after the date of search, and the CIT(A) upheld the AO'S decision to reopen the assessment due to the deeming fiction set out in Explanation 2 to sec. 148. In Pr. CIT vs. NRA Iron & Steel (P) Ltd., (2020) 11 SCC 312, the Supreme Court held that the Assessing Officer was justified in reopening the assessment subsequent to a search and seizure operation under Section 132. The court analyzed the scope of Explanation 2 to Section 148 and found that the AO had the power to reopen the case based on the deeming fiction set out in the provision. After hearing the riv…