Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Income-tax, Delhi v. S. Teja Singh

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Reported as [1959] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 394
Bench T.L. Venkatarama Aiyyar J.
Decided 5 November 1958

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we set aside the order of the court below and answer the reference in the affirmative. (1) [1889] 22 Q.B.D. 513. (2) [1925] ro Tax Cas. 88, uo. • 404 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1959] Supp. x958 The appellant will have his costs here and in the court Commissioner of below· ln,omeo/ax Appeal allowed. • v. -Teja Singh V enkataram a Aiyar ] . November.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

I ncome-tax-P enalty-N ew assessee- ailure to send estimate of tax-Absence of notice t-0 the assessee-Competency of Income-tax Officer to levy penalty-Indian Income-tax Act, r922 (XI of r922), ss. r8A(3), r8A(9), 22, 23, 28. The respondent who had not been assessed to income-tax prior to the assessment year 1948-49 made suo motu returns on July 4, 1949, showing an income of Rs. 4,494 and Rs. 31,646 respectively, for the assessment years 1948-49 and 1949-50, but failed to send an estimate of the tax on his income as provided in s. 18A(3) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922. The Income­ tax

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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