Principal Commissioner of Income-tax v. Subodh Agarwal

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What is Principal Commissioner of Income-tax v. Subodh Agarwal authority for?

Approval of draft assessment orders under Section 153D must be granted with due application of mind, not mechanically. Approving multiple cases, such as 38 in a single day, without proper scrutiny amounts to mechanical approval, rendering the assessment invalid.

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Judgments citing Principal Commissioner of Income-tax v. Subodh Agarwal

Swaty Mehta, Delhi vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Central Circle-17, Delhi

In the result, the appeals of the assessees are partly allowed as

ITA 2551/DEL/2023[2017-18]Status: DisposedITAT Delhi27 Oct 2025AY 2017-18

Bench: Shri Challa Nagendra Prasad & Shri M Balaganeshआ.अ.सं/.I.T.A No.2549/Del/2023 िनधा"रणवष"/Assessment Year:2017-18 बनाम Sonia Mehta Acit, 97, Eastern Avenue, Sainik Farms, Vs. E-2, Central Circle-17, Delhi. Ara Centre, Pan No.Acapm1777A Jhandewalan Extn., New Delhi. अपीलाथ" Appellant ""यथ"/Respondent & आ.अ.सं/.I.T.A No.2551/Del/2023 िनधा"रणवष"/Assessment Year:2017-18 बनाम Swaty Mehta Acit, 97, Eastern Avenue, Sainik Farms, Vs. E-2, Central Circle-17, Delhi. Ara Centre, Pan No.Acapm1777A Jhandewalan Extn., New Delhi. अपीलाथ" Appellant ""यथ"/Respondent

Section 153D

…rts including the Hon’ble Jurisdictional Delhi High Court in the case of PCIT vs. Anuj Bansal (supra) & PCIT vs. Shiv Kumar Nayyar (supra). We also observed that similar issue came up for consideration in the following cases: 1. “PCIT vs. Siddharth Gupta (450 ITR 526) Revenue’s SLP dismissed by Hon’ble Supreme Court in SLP(Civil) Diary Nos. 43280/2023 dated 09.08.2024 (page 182 of PB); 2. PCIT vs. Subodh Aggarwal (450 ITR 526) (All.); 3. PCIT vs. Sapna Gupta (145 taxmann.com 288) (All.); 4. Hon’ble Third Member in the case of Shri Dheeraj Choudhary vs. ACIT in ITA Nos. 6158 to 6160 and 6214 to 6216/Del/2018…

Sonia Mehta, Delhi vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Central Circle-17, Delhi

In the result, the appeals of the assessees are partly allowed as

ITA 2549/DEL/2023[2017-18]Status: DisposedITAT Delhi27 Oct 2025AY 2017-18

Bench: Shri Challa Nagendra Prasad & Shri M Balaganeshआ.अ.सं/.I.T.A No.2549/Del/2023 िनधा"रणवष"/Assessment Year:2017-18 बनाम Sonia Mehta Acit, 97, Eastern Avenue, Sainik Farms, Vs. E-2, Central Circle-17, Delhi. Ara Centre, Pan No.Acapm1777A Jhandewalan Extn., New Delhi. अपीलाथ" Appellant ""यथ"/Respondent & आ.अ.सं/.I.T.A No.2551/Del/2023 िनधा"रणवष"/Assessment Year:2017-18 बनाम Swaty Mehta Acit, 97, Eastern Avenue, Sainik Farms, Vs. E-2, Central Circle-17, Delhi. Ara Centre, Pan No.Acapm1777A Jhandewalan Extn., New Delhi. अपीलाथ" Appellant ""यथ"/Respondent

Section 153D

…rts including the Hon’ble Jurisdictional Delhi High Court in the case of PCIT vs. Anuj Bansal (supra) & PCIT vs. Shiv Kumar Nayyar (supra). We also observed that similar issue came up for consideration in the following cases: 1. “PCIT vs. Siddharth Gupta (450 ITR 526) Revenue’s SLP dismissed by Hon’ble Supreme Court in SLP(Civil) Diary Nos. 43280/2023 dated 09.08.2024 (page 182 of PB); 2. PCIT vs. Subodh Aggarwal (450 ITR 526) (All.); 3. PCIT vs. Sapna Gupta (145 taxmann.com 288) (All.); 4. Hon’ble Third Member in the case of Shri Dheeraj Choudhary vs. ACIT in ITA Nos. 6158 to 6160 and 6214 to 6216/Del/2018…

Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Central Circle-1, Ludhiana vs. Aman Feed Industries, Khanna

In the result, appeals of the assessee for A

ITA 457/CHANDI/2025[2019-20]Status: DisposedITAT Chandigarh16 Oct 2025AY 2019-20

Bench: Shri Rajpal Yadav & Shri Krinwant Sahayआयकर अपील सं./ Ita Nos. 1252, 1253,1254,1255/Chd/2024 "नधा"रण वष" / A.Y.: 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19,2019-20 M/S Aman Feed Industries, The Dcit, E-2, Focal Point, Vs Central Circle-1, Khanna. Ludhiana. "थायी लेखा सं./Pan No: Aacfa3624L अपीलाथ"/Appellant ""यथ"/Respondent आयकर अपील सं./ Ita Nos. 116,181,457/Chd/2025 "नधा"रण वष" / A.Y.: 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 The Dcit, Vs M/S Aman Feed Industries, Central Circle-1, E-2, Focal Point, Ludhiana. Khanna. "थायी लेखा सं./Pan No: Aacfa3624L अपीलाथ"/Appellant ""यथ"/Respondent Assessee By : Shri Ashwani Kumar, Shri Kulbhushan Goyal & Ms, Deepali Aggarwal, Cas Revenue By : Shri Manav Bansal, Cit Dr Date Of Hearing : 28.07.2025 Date Of Pronouncement : 16.10.2025

For Appellant: Shri Ashwani Kumar, Shri Kulbhushan Goyal &For Respondent: Shri Manav Bansal, CIT DR
Section 145(3)Section 153ASection 153DSection 250Section 68

…आयकर अपील"य अ"धकरण,च"डीगढ़ "यायपीठ, च"डीगढ़ IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DIVISION BENCH, ‘A’ CHANDIGARH BEFORE SHRI RAJPAL YADAV, VICE PRESIDENT AND SHRI KRINWANT SAHAY, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER आयकर अपील सं./ ITA Nos. 1252, 1253,1254,1255/CHD/2024 "नधा"रण वष" / A.Y.: 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19,2019-20 M/s Aman Feed Industries, The DCIT, E-2, Focal Point, Vs Central Circle-1, Khanna. Ludhiana. "थायी लेखा सं./PAN NO: AACFA3624L अपीलाथ"/Appellant ""यथ"/Respondent आयकर अपील सं./ ITA Nos. 116,181,457/CHD/2025 "नधा"रण वष" / A.Y.: 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 The DCIT, Vs M/s Aman Feed Industries, Central Circle-1, E-2, F…