Supreme Court of India

Vinubhai Mohanlal Dobaria v. Chief Commissioner of Income Tax & Anr

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Reported as [2025] 2 S.C.R. 476
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and Sanjay Karol JJ.
Decided 6 February 2025

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From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether an offence u/s.276CC of the Income Tax Act, 1961 could be said to have been committed on the actual date of filing of return of income or on the day immediately after the due date for filing of returns as per s.139(1) of the Act; what is the meaning of the expression “first offence” appearing in Clause 8 of the Guidelines for Compounding of Offences under Direct Tax Laws, 2014; what amounts to voluntary disclosure for the purpose of Clause 8 of the 2014 Guidelines; whether the 2014 Guidelines are mandatory or directory in nature. Headnotes† Income Tax Act, 1961

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