“Principal Chief Commissioner of Income-tax”
The decision most relied on for Principal Chief Commissioner of Income-tax is Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (457 ITR 647), cited in 95 judgments on BharatTax.
Leading authorities on Principal Chief Commissioner of Income-tax
The amended Section 151 of the Income-tax Act, governing the sanction for reassessment proceedings under Sections 148 and 148A, applies to cases initiated under the new reassessment regime. The specified authority for granting such sanction becomes the Principal Chief Commissioner or Principal Director General if more than three years have elapsed from the end of the relevant assessment year.
A notice under section 148 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, issued beyond three years from the relevant assessment year, requires the sanction of the Chief Commissioner or Commissioner, and not merely the Principal Commissioner, for validity.