RAJIV SHAKDHER, TARA VITASTA GANJU
Ac Infrastructures Private Limited – Appellant
Versus
Income Tax Officer – Respondent
JUDGMENT
[Physical Hearing/Hybrid Hearing (as per request)]
Rajiv Shakdher, J. (Oral)
CM APPL. 6710/2023
1. Allowed, subject to the petitioner filing legible copies of the annexures, at least three days before the next date of hearing.
W.P.(C) 1754/2023
2. Issue notice.
2.1. Mr Sanjay Kumar, learned senior counsel, who appears on behalf of the respondent/revenue, accepts notice.
3. In view of the directions that we propose to pass, Mr Sanjay Kumar says that no counter-affidavit needs to be filed.
4. Thus, with the consent of counsel for the parties, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and final disposal, at this stage itself.
5. Via this writ petition, the petitioner has assailed the notice dated 27.05.2022 issued under Section 148A(b) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 [in short, "Act"].
6. Besides this, challenge is also laid to the order dated 22.07.2022 passed under Section 148A(d) of the Act.
7. The impugned notice and order concern Assessment Year (AY) 2013-14.
8. The principal allegation against the petitioner is that it is a beneficiary of accommodation entries provided by Devesh Upadhyay via a company controlled by him.
9. In this regard, reference is made to an entity
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