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*Reassessment notice invalid for short response time, limitation breach, and unsustainable addition on joint property ownership.
Section 148A(b) requires at least seven days to respond; a notice granting only five days was held contrary to statute, and the assessee’s later extension
*Demonetization Cash Deposits – Source cannot be considered as unexplained u/s 69 even when deposit is in Violation of RBI guidelines [Sec 69 of ITA’61 – Sec 103 of ITA’25]
Summary: Cash deposits of demonetized notes are not unexplained investment merely because they were accepted or deposited in violation of RBI guidelines. For invoking section 69,
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IBA taps tech providers to frame AI-risk checklist for banks – Banking & Finance News | The Financial Express
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Protect your e-documents from online frauds with digital signature – Technology News | The Financial Express
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How new online gaming rules will change your income tax and legal exposure depending on the kind of game you play – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/tax/how-new-online-gaming-rules-will-change-your-income-tax-and-legal-exposure-depending-on-the-kind-of-game-you-play/articleshow/130708954.cms Listen to this article in summarized format If you have ever opened a gaming app for “just a quick game” and ended up
*****US-based son gets tax notice in India over Rs 11 lakh cash deposit made on behalf of parents during demonetisation; ITAT Delhi cancels notice for this reason – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/tax/us-based-son-gets-tax-notice-in-india-over-rs-11-lakh-cash-deposit-made-on-behalf-of-parents-during-demonetisation-itat-delhi-cancels-notice-for-this-reason/articleshow/130755461.cms When Mr Bussi deposited about Rs 11 lakh cash into his parents’ ICICI Bank account in Delhi during demonetisation, he had no idea that he
Wife Cannot Seek Husband’s ITR Details for Maintenance Claim: Delhi HC
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*As Claude Mythos raises stakes, banks shift to continuous security model – Banking & Finance News | The Financial Express
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Banks may sell written-off loans to fund new ECL norms – The HinduBusinessLine
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Clipped from: https://www.business-standard.com/industry/banking/public-sector-banks-to-scale-up-it-spend-amid-anthropic-mythos-cyber-threat-126050300187_1.html Mythos’ advanced coding capabilities give it an unprecedented potential to detect cybersecurity weaknesses and develop methods to exploit them, sparking concerns Mythos has
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