Supreme Court of India

Vodafone Idea Ltd. (earlier Known as Vodafone Mobile Services Limited) v. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax Circle 26 (2) & Anr.

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Reported as [2020] 11 S.C.R. 200
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit and Vineet Saran JJ.
Decided 29 April 2020

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What the Court ordered

We hold that in respect of Assessment Years ending on 31st March 2017 or before, if a notice was issued in conformity with the requirements stated in sub-section (2) of Section 1 43 of the Act, it shall not be necessary to process the refund under sub- section (1) of Section 143 of the Act and that the requirement to pr ocess the return shall stand overridden.

Judgment, page 42

From the headnote

Income Tax Act, 1961: s.143(1) and s.143(2) – Exerc ise of power under – Distinction between – Held: Under s.1 43(1), the matter is processed, only to check whether any appa rent inconsistencies are evident on the face of the return and conn ected material which may call for any adjustment while und er s.143(2), the matter is scrutinized after taking into account such evidence as the assessee may produce – Exercise in s.143(2) is to ensure that there is no understating of income or overstating of loss or under- payment of the tax in any manner – The power under sub-s ection (1) of s.143 is

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 mentioned

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