Supreme Court Binoy Viswam 396 ITR 66 stays quoting of Adhaar number in respect of transactions mentioned in R. 114B on touchstone of sufferance in day to day dealings till the Constitution Bench authoritatively determines the argument of Article 21 of the Constitution.

Supreme Upholding the  validity of section 139AA  has held in Binoy Viswam held that the purpose behind the Act namely the Income Tax Act, 1961 is entirely different and the purpose being to curb black money, money laundering and tax evasion, etc. It has been further held that for achieving such objects, if the Parliament chooses to make the provision mandatory under the Act, the competence of the Parliament cannot be questioned on the ground that it is impermissible only because under the Aadhaar Act, the provision is directory in nature. The Hon’ble Supreme Court also held that it is the prerogative of the Parliament to make a particular provision directory in one Statute and mandatory/compulsory in the other and that by itself cannot be a ground to question the competence of the Legislature. Continue reading “Supreme Court Binoy Viswam 396 ITR 66 stays quoting of Adhaar number in respect of transactions mentioned in R. 114B on touchstone of sufferance in day to day dealings till the Constitution Bench authoritatively determines the argument of Article 21 of the Constitution.”

Delay of 21 days on wrong advice of CA condoned by ITAT

Appeal was handed over to the Chartered Accountant Shri Sumit Aggarwal. The said counsel advised that four months time was available for filing the appeal before the ITAT and since he was not appearing before the ITAT, he would engage some other professional for filing of the appeal. The said Chartered Accountant on his visit to a professional in Ambala for filing of the appeal, it was submitted, then learnt that the time limit for filing the appeal before the ITAT was infact 60 days from the date of the order and not 120 days as understood by him. Acting on the said information, the assessee was accordingly advised who promptly filed the appeal. The said appeal, it was submitted, was late by 21 days solely on account of the ignorance of the counsel. Relying upon; (a) Improvement Trust Ludhiana v. Ujagar Singh Civil Appeal No. 2395 of 2008 of June 9, 2010, (b) Jayvantsinh N Vaghela v. ITO [2013] 40 taxmann.com 491 (Gujarat) and (c) Paras Rice Mills Kurukshetra v. CIT ITA No. 657 of 2009 (Punj. & Har.), prayer for condoning the delay was made.

Symbiosis Pharmaceuticals (P.) Ltd. [2017] 87 taxmann.com 32 (Chandigarh – Trib.) 04-10-2017