Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Income Tax, Kanpur v. Nitya Nano Devkinandan

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Reported as [1997] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 575
Bench S.C. Agrawal and D.P. Wadhwa JJ.
Decided 8 July 1997

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeals are allowed, the impugned judgment of the High Court is set aside and question No. 1 that was referred to the High Court by the Tribunal is answered in the negative, i.e., in favour of the Revenue and against the assessee.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Income Tax Act, 1961-Sections 184(7), 185(3), (4), 263- Revision-Order u/s. 185(4)-Scribing of certificate u/s. 185(4) of the Act that the [inn stands registered for subsequent years-Whether results in an order, revisable u/s. 263 of the Act-Held, Yes. The respondent, assessee firm was allowed registration u/s. 185 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for the assessment year 1967·68 and continued to be treated as a registered firm upto the assessment year 1973-74, when a show cause notice u/s. 263 of the Act was issued, requiring the assessee firm to show cause as to why the registration granted to it

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 mentioned

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