CIT v. Max India Ltd.

295 ITR 282Supreme Court of India2007#38 most cited

What is CIT v. Max India Ltd. authority for?

Under Section 263, an assessment order is not erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of the revenue merely because the Principal Commissioner disagrees with the Assessing Officer's (AO) view, particularly if the AO has adopted one of two permissible views in law, unless that view is completely unsustainable. If due inquiries were made, the AO's order does not become erroneous solely because the fact of inquiries was not recorded.

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Also referred to as

Max India Ltd. · Section 263 Income Tax Act · revision under Section 263 · erroneous and prejudicial to revenue · two views possible · Assessing Officer view · Malabar Industrial · inadequate enquiry · non-application of mind · principal commissioner of income-tax

Also reported as

166 Taxmann 188213 CTR 266166 Taxmann.com 188

Issues it is cited on

Judgments citing CIT v. Max India Ltd.

MADAN MOHAN RAO PUVVADA,HYDERABAD vs. ITO., WARD-5(1), HYDERABAD

In the result, appeal of the Assessee is dismissed

ITA 1152/HYD/2024[2017-18]Status: DisposedITAT Hyderabad04 Mar 2026AY 2017-18

Bench: Shri Vijay Pal Rao & Shri Manjunatha G.आ.अपी.सं /Ita No.1152/Hyd/2024 Assessment Year 2017-2018 Madan Mohan Rao The Income Tax Puvvada, Hyderabad. Officer, Ward-5(1), Vs. Pin – 500 063. Hyderabad. Pan Agjpp4754H Telangana. Telangana. (Appellant) (Respondent) िनधा"रती "ारा /Assessee By: Sri P Murali Mohan Rao, Ca राज" व "ारा /Revenue By: Dr. Narendra Kumar Naik, Cit-Dr सुनवाई की तारीख/Date Of Hearing: 11.02.2026 घोषणा की तारीख/Pronouncement: 04.03.2026 आदेश/Order

For Appellant: Sri P Murali Mohan Rao, CAFor Respondent: Dr. Narendra Kumar Naik, CIT-DR
Section 147Section 263

…sustainable in law. Therefore, the revision order passed u/sec.263 deserves to be quashed. In support of his contention, he has relied upon the following decisions: 1. Malabar Industries co. Ltd. vs. CIT (2000) 243 ITR 83 (S.C) 2. CIT vs Max India Ltd [2008] 295 ITR 282 (S.C) 3. PCIT vs. Dhana Reddy & Co [2018] 100 taxmann.com 358 (S.C) 4. CIT vs Srinivasa Hatcheries (P.) Ltd [2015] 60 taxmann.com 207 (AP & Telangana) 5. Spectra Shares & Scrips (P.) Ltd vs. CIT, [2013] 36 taxmann.com 348 (AP) 11 ITA.No.1152/Hyd./2024 6. Satyanarayana Reddy Manne, Hydereabad vs. ACIT Central Circle -2(4), Hyderabad A Bench, Hyde…

PARVEEN KUMAR,229,VILLAGE MANAKPUR-II,TEHSIL JAGADHRI,HARYANA vs. PRABHJOT KAUR,PCIT PANCHKULA, CHANDIGARH

In the result, all the above appeals filed by the respective assessee’s are dismissed

ITA 576/CHANDI/2024[2018-2019]Status: DisposedITAT Chandigarh11 Feb 2026AY 2018-2019

Bench: the Tribunal as pointed out by the Registry. Considering that the issue involved is purely legal in nature, and respectfully following the ratio laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Collector, Land Acquisition v. Mst. Katiji & Others [(1987) 167 ITR 471 (SC)], which emphasizes that substantial justice should prevail over technical considerations, we condone the delay in filing these appeals.3. We shall take appeal of the assessee in ITA No. 167/Chd/2023 for A.Y 2018-19 as a lead case f

For Appellant: Shri Parikshit Aggarwal, C.A (Virtual)For Respondent: Shri Manav Bansal, CIT, DR

…the PCIT passed the order u/s 263. It is a settled law that proceedings u/s 263 is not possible when the underlying issue is debatable or where 2 views are possible. For this, we rely upon: (Copy appended at page 119-130 of ws)  CIT v. Max India Ltd. [(2007) 213 CTR 266 (SC)]  CIT vs M/s DLF Ltd. (ITA 236/2010 & 384/2010) (Delhi HC)  It is further, most respectfully, submitted that one of the assessee in the Batch of cases in Hari Singh (Supreme Court) was Rajender Singh. In that case, the Hon’ble SC having decided the matter in favour of the assessee in 2017, the revenue initially filed MA No. 823 of 2019 bef…

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