(P.) Ltd. v. ITO
221 ITR 538Supreme Court of India1996#829 most cited
What is (P.) Ltd. v. ITO authority for?
The sanction of a specified authority under Section 151 is a mandatory procedural check before issuing a notice under Section 148. This procedural safeguard aims to prevent mechanical reopening of assessments and harassment of the assessee.
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judgments rely on this decision, according to BharatTax’s citation analysis of 366,339 Indian tax judgments — from 2015 to 2026.
Also referred to as
Sri Krishna (P.) Ltd. v. ITO · Section 148 notice · Section 151 sanction · specified authority approval · mechanical reopening of assessment · harassment of assessee · income escaping assessment · procedural check · old regime Section 151 · within four years
Also reported as
87 Taxmann 3159 SCC 534