High Court Quashes Income Tax Assessment Orders for Non-Compliance with Mandatory Draft Order Requirement Under Section 144C of Income Tax Act, 1961. The court held that issuance of draft assessment order under Section 144C(1) is mandatory for eligible assessees where variation arises from Transfer Pricing Officer order under Section 92CA(3), and non-compliance renders final order void ab initio, even after remand under Section 263.
6 Jan 2026The dispute involved a pharmaceutical company challenging assessment orders passed by the Income Tax Department for Assessment Years 2017-18 and 2018-...
