Union of India v. Rajeev Bansal

469 ITR 46Supreme Court of India2024#72 most cited

What is Union of India v. Rajeev Bansal authority for?

The legal fiction created by the Ashish Agarwal judgment stops the limitation clock for Section 148 notices from the date of the deemed notice. Orders issued without proper jurisdiction, or those inconsistent with statutory prescriptions, are a nullity, and there can be no waiver of such fundamental jurisdictional requirements.

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Also referred to as

Union of India v. Rajeev Bansal · Section 148 notice limitation · Ashish Agarwal legal fiction · TOLA applicability · reassessment jurisdiction · time-barred notice · order without jurisdiction · Section 149 · Section 148A

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Judgments citing Union of India v. Rajeev Bansal

ACIT, New Delhi vs. M/S. Sunniva Promoters Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon

Appeal of the assessee are allowed

ITA 2846/DEL/2017[2012-13]Status: DisposedITAT Delhi19 Feb 2025AY 2012-13

Bench: Shri Satbeer Singh Godara & Shri Manish Agarwalassessment Year: 2015-16 Vs. Income Tax Officer, Sh. Gurcharan Singh, C/O- Dr. Kapil Goel, Adv., Delhi F-26/124, Sector-7, Rohini, Delhi Pan: Aaipm0604L (Appellant) (Respondent) With Assessment Year: 2015-16 Vs. Income Tax Officer, Sh. Jatinder Pal Singh, C/O- Dr. Kapil Goel, Adv., Delhi F-26/124, Sector-7, Rohini, Delhi Pan: Ablps1306D (Appellant) (Respondent) Assessee By Dr. Kapil Goel, Adv. Department By Sh. Rajesh Kumar Dhanesta, Sr. Dr Date Of Hearing 11.08.2025 Date Of Pronouncement 29.08.2025 Order Per Satbeer Singh Godara, Jm These Twin Assessees, Namely, Sh. Gurcharan Singh & Sh. Jatinder Pal Singh Have Filed As Many Appeals

Section 147Section 148

…sing Officer(s) vide section 148 notices issued on 21st & 20th July, 2022, case-wise respectively. This is for the precise reason that the department already appears to have conceded the very issue of limitation aspect in Union of India Vs Rajiv Bansal (2024) 469 ITR 46 (SC) that the provision of Taxation and Other Laws [Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions] Act, 2020 “TOLA” would not apply for assessment year 2015-16 herein. It further emerges that the very issue between the parties is no more res integra in light of the 2 | P a g e ITA Nos.2846 & 2847/Del/2025 tribunal’s recent learned coordinate be…