ACIT v. Serajuddin & Co.

454 ITR 312High Court2023#105 most cited

What is ACIT v. Serajuddin & Co. authority for?

Approval under Section 153D of the Income Tax Act is mandatory for assessment orders in search cases. While elaborate reasons for approval are not required, the approving authority must provide some indication that it has examined the draft orders and found them to meet the requirements of law.

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ACIT v. Serajuddin & Co. · 454 ITR 312 · Section 153D · approval · mandatory approval · legality of approval · reasons for approval · examination of draft orders · search assessment · income tax

Issues it is cited on

Judgments citing ACIT v. Serajuddin & Co.

Mohd Riyazuddin, Hyderabad vs. ACIT., Central Circle - 2(1), Hyderabad

In the result, the appeal of the assessee is dismissed

ITA 243/HYD/2024[2019-20]Status: DisposedITAT Hyderabad07 Apr 2025AY 2019-20

Bench: Shri Vijay Pal Rao, Vice-A N D Shri Manjunatha, G.आ.अपी.सं /Ita No.243/Hyd/2024 (िनधा"रण वष"/Assessment Year: 2019-20) Shri Mohd. Riyazuddin Vs. Asstt. Commissioner Of Hyderabad Income Tax, Pan:Ahupm6145M Central Circle 2(1) Hyderabad (Appellant) (Respondent) िनधा""रती "ारा/Assessee By: Advocate Siddharth Toshnival राज" व "ारा/Revenue By:: Shri Lv Bhaskar Reddy, Dr सुनवाई की तारीख/Date Of Hearing: 29/01/2025 घोषणा की तारीख/Pronouncement: 07/04/2025 आदेश/Order Per Vijay Pal Raothis Appeal By The Assessee Is Directed Against The Revision Order Dated 18/01/2024 Of The Learned Pr. Cit (Central) Hyderabad The A.Y.2019-20. 2. The Assessee Has Raised The Following Grounds Of Appeal:

For Appellant: Advocate Siddharth ToshnivalFor Respondent: : Shri LV Bhaskar Reddy, DR
Section 153DSection 263Section 68

…P) Ltd vs. Pr.CIT in ITA No.175 to 178/PAT/2023 dated 13/05/2024 v) Ramamoorthy Vasudevan vs. Pr.CIT (Central) in Ita No.967 & 968/PUN/2016, dated 29/11/2018. 4.1 He has also relied upon the decision in the case of ACIT v. Serajuddin & Co. reported in ( 2023) 454 ITR 312 and SLP filed by the Department has been dismissed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court reported in 463 ITR 698. Thus, the learned AR has submitted that when the assessment order itself is not valid, then the order passed by the Pr. CIT u/s 263 of the I.T. Act, 1961 Page 4 of 15 ITA No 243 of 2024 Mohd Riyazuddin would not survive. He has further cont…