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Prabakaran Chandru Vs. The Income Tax Officer, Ward-1, Tiruvarur

Case No: ITA No.865/Chny/2025
Court: Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ‘D’ Bench: Chennai
Date: 1/23/2026

Parties Involved

appellantPrabakaran Chandru
respondentThe Income Tax Officer, Ward-1, Tiruvarur

Facts Summary

The assessee, Prabakaran Chandru, is an individual who made a cash withdrawal of Rs.2,79,00,000/- from his bank account during the financial year 2014-15. The Assessing Officer (AO) received this information through the ITBA portal and issued a notice u/s.148 dated 26.04.2021 as the assessee had not filed the return of income. Following the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Union of India vs. Ashish Agarwal, the notice was treated as a show-cause notice u/s. 148A(b) of the Act. The assessee filed a response, and the AO passed an order u/s. 148A(d) and issued a notice u/s. 148 on 29.06.2022. The AO completed the assessment u/s. 143(3) r.w.s. 147 and made an addition of Rs.38,32,690 as unexplained investment u/s.69 of the Act. On further appeal, the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)/National Faceless Appeal Centre (NFAC), Delhi, confirmed the addition. The assessee appealed to the Tribunal against the order of the CIT(A).

Decision in favour of

Assessee

Legal Issues

  • 1. Whether the notice u/s. 148 dated 29.06.2022 for AY 2015-16 is beyond the time limit of six years and therefore barred by limitation.

Judgment Outcome

Decided in favour of Assessee.

Precedents Relied Upon

6 precedents cited in this judgement.

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