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                                                           order dated 28th October 2021,
                                                           restrained the Respondent from
                                                           taking any action pursuant to
                                                           the     impugned       assessment






                                                            orders, notice of demand and
                                                           penalty notices.
                                                           Limitation
                                                          The order of ITAT remitting
                                                           the matter was passed on April
                                                           02, 2018, and therefore, the
                                                           limitation of passing a legally
                                                           valid final assessment order
                                                           expired on December 31, 2020,
                                                           as per Section 153(3) r.w.
                                                           Section 153(4) of the Act. The
                                                           assessment order was passed on
                                                           September 29, 2021, which is
                                                           beyond limitation.
    7     Axalta Coating          2018-19                 The Respondents have illegally
          Systems India                                    proceeded to pass the final
          Private Limited                                  assessment order (Annexure P-
          v. NFAC                                          3). The TPO passed the order
                                                           on 31.07.2021 (Annexure P-2)
          W.P.(C)                                          and the Respondents instead of
          12319/2021                                       following the binding mandate
                                                           of Section 144C and instead of
                                                           issuing the draft assessment
                                                           order, have directly proceeded
                                                           to pass the impugned final
                                                           assessment order and have
                                                           raised the demand as well and
                                                           initiated penalty proceedings.
    8     Ramtech                 2017-18                 The Respondents have illegally
          Consulting v.                                    proceeded to pass the final
          NFAC                                             assessment order (Annexure P-
                                                           7). The TPO passed the order
          W.P.(C)                                          on 29.01.2021 (Annexure P-1)
          4043/2022                                        and the Respondents instead of
                                                           following the binding mandate
                                                           of Section 144C and instead of
                                                           issuing the draft assessment
                                                           order, have directly proceeded
                                                           to pass the impugned final
                                                           assessment order and have
                                                           raised the demand aswell and
                                                           initiated penalty proceedings.
                                                           The Respondents in the first
                                                           round had passed the draft
                                                           assessment order and also final
                                                           assessment order which was
                                                           set-aside by this Hon'ble Court
                                                           on        14.07.2021       (P-5).






                                                            Subsequently, the Respondents
                                                           have not followed the mandate
                                                           of law and have not passed any
                                                           draft assessment order.
                                                          Thereafter the Petitioner has
                                                           also filed a CM application for
                                                           amendment of writ for raising
                                                           issue of DIN which Hon'ble
                                                           Court has taken on record vide
                                                           order dated 13.12.2023.
    9     Software one            2017-18                 The Respondents have illegally
          India Pvt. Ltd                                   proceeded to pass the final
          v. NeAC                                          assessment order (Annexure P-
                                                           3). The TPO passed the order
          W.P.(C)                                          on 30.01.2021 (Annexure P-2)
          5913/2022                                        and the Respondents instead of
                                                           following the binding mandate
                                                           of Section 144C and instead of
                                                           issuing the draft assessment
                                                           order, have directly proceeded
                                                           to pass the impugned final
                                                           assessment order and have
                                                           raised the demand aswell and
                                                           initiated penalty proceedings.
 10       Smart Cube              2011-12                 Income-tax return (ITR) filed       In the 2nd round of
          India Pvt Ltd v.                                 by the Petitioner returning         proceedings pursuant
          JCIT                                             income of Rs.3,19,590 was           to remand by the
                                                           selected for scrutiny and notice    ITAT, despite the
          W.P.(C)                                          was issued under section            Petitioner qualifying
          6365/2022                                        143(2) of the Act.                  as ‗eligible assessee'
                                                          Assessing Officer (AO) passed       in terms of section
                                                           draft assessment order (DAO)        144C(15),        draft
                                                           dated 27.02.2015 under section      assessment order was
                                                           143(3) read with section 144C,      not passed by the
                                                           making         addition        of   Respondent, instead,
                                                           Rs.7,34,36,867, which included      assessment        was
                                                           transfer pricing adjustment of      straightaway finalized
                                                           Rs.5,52,01,139               and    by way of final
                                                           disallowance of deduction           assessment      order,
                                                           under section 10B of the Act of     which             was
                                                           Rs.1,82,35,728.                     accompanied         by
                                                          Objections were filed by the        notice of demand and
                                                           Petitioner against the DAO          notice for initiating
                                                           before the DRP, which issued        penalty
                                                           directions dated 14.09.2015         proceedings.
                                                           under       section      144(5),
                                                           confirming      the    additions.   No opportunity was






                                                            Pursuant to the same, the AO         provided      to    the
                                                           passed the final assessment          Petitioner    to    file
                                                           order dated 19.10.2015 under         objections before the
                                                           section 143(3) assessing the         DRP, even though the
                                                           total income at Rs.7,37,56,457.      Respondent         was
                                                          Said final assessment order was      mandated by law to
                                                           challenged before the ITAT,          first forward draft
                                                           which remanded the issue of          assessment order to
                                                           transfer pricing adjustment to       the Petitioner under
                                                           the TPO and the issue of             section       144C(1),
                                                           disallowance of deduction            thereby violating the
                                                           under section 10B of the Act to      substantive rights of
                                                           the AO vide order dated              the    Petitioner     as
                                                           29.07.2020.                          codified          under
                                                          In set aside proceedings, TPO        section 144C of the
                                                           passed order dated 29.03.2022        Act
                                                           under       section     92CA(3),
                                                           proposing to make transfer
                                                           pricing        adjustment       of
                                                           Rs.1,43,77,827. The AO passed
                                                           the final assessment order
                                                           dated 30.03.2022 under section
                                                           143(3) read with section 254,
                                                           assessing the total income of
                                                           the      Petitioner     at     Rs.
                                                           3,29,33,145,      after    making
                                                           revised       transfer     pricing
                                                           adjustment as proposed by the
                                                           TPO and disallowance of
                                                           deduction       claimed     under
                                                           section 10B of the Act.
                                                          Said final assessment order was
                                                           accompanied by notice of
                                                           demand issued under section
                                                           156 and notice issued under
                                                           section 274 read with section
                                                           271(1)(c) of the Act for
                                                           initiating penalty proceedings.










    11     Aditya Talwar           2017-18                 The Respondents have illegally
          vs. DCIT-                                        proceeded to pass the final
                                                           assessment order (Annexure P-
          W.P.(C)                                          3). The Petitioner is admittedly
          6786/2022                                        a     non-resident     and   the
                                                           Respondents        instead     of
                                                           following the binding mandate
                                                           of Section 144C and instead of
                                                           issuing the draft assessment
                                                           order, have directly proceeded
                                                           to pass the impugned final
                                                           assessment order and have
                                                           raised the demand as well and
                                                           initiated penalty proceedings.
 12       Swarovski               2008-09                 Present writ petitions have         Whether      a    final
          India Private                                    been filed challenging the          assessment       order
          Limited v.                                       assessment orders dated 22nd        passed         without
          DCIT,                                            March 2022 for the Assessment       passing     a     draft
                                                           Years 2008-09 & 2009-10 and         assessment order as
          W.P.(C)                                          23rd March 2022 for the             mandated        under
          12735/2022                                       Assessment Year 2007-08,            Section 144C of the
   13     Swarovski               2007-08                  passed by the assessing officer     Act is
          India Private                                    in remand proceedings and the       tenable or not?
          Limited v.                                       consequent       demand      and
          DCIT,                                            penalty notices without passing
                                                           a draft assessment order as         Whether     it     is
          W.P.(C)                                          mandated under Section 144C         mandatory for the
          12784/2022                                       of the Act.                         assessing officer to
                                                          This Hon'ble Court vide its         pass     a      draft
                                                           order dated 5th September           assessment      order
                                                           2022,        restrained       the   under Section 144C
                                                           Respondent from taking any          of the Act during
                                                           coercive action pursuant to the     remand proceedings?
   14     Swarovski               2009-10                  impugned assessment orders,
          India Private                                    notice of demand and penalty
          Limited v.                                       notices.
          DCIT,                                            Limitation
                                                           For AY 2007-08
          W.P.(C)                                         The order of ITAT remitting
          12785/2022                                       the matter was passed on July
                                                           25, 2019, and therefore, the
                                                           limitation of passing a legally
                                                           valid final assessment order
                                                           expired on March 31, 2022, as
                                                           per Section 153(3) r.w. Section
                                                           153(4) of the Act. The final
                                                           assessment order was passed
                                                           on March 23, 2022.






                                                            For AY 2008-09
                                                          The order of ITAT remitting
                                                           the matter was passed on July
                                                           25, 2019, and therefore, the
                                                           limitation of passing a legally
                                                           valid final assessment order
                                                           expired on March 31, 2022, as
                                                           per Section 153(3) r.w. Section
                                                           153(4) of the Act. The final
                                                           assessment order was passed
                                                           on March 23, 2022.
                                                           For AY 2009-10
                                                          The order of ITAT remitting
                                                           the matter was passed on July
                                                           25, 2019, and therefore, the
                                                           limitation of passing a legally
                                                           valid final assessment order
                                                           expired on March 31, 2022, as
                                                           per Section 153(3) r.w. Section
                                                           153(4) of the Act. . The final
                                                           assessment order was passed
                                                           on March 23, 2022.
   15     Karl Storz              2020-21                 On 08.01.2021, the Petitioner      Whether      a     final
          Endoscopy                                        filed the return of income for     assessment        order
          India Private                                    the subject year declaring total   passed         without
          Limited v.                                       income of INR 26,27,44,510.        passing     a     draft
          NFAC                                            On 30.07.2023, the TPO vide        assessment order as
                                                           its order under section 92CA(3)    mandated         under
          W.P. (C) No.                                     of the Act, proposed an upward     Section 144C of the
          14314/2023                                       adjustment on account of AMP       Act is tenable or not?
                                                           expenditure         of      INR
                                                           18,61,30,041.
                                                          On 30.07.2023, the Respondent
                                                           No.1, instead of passing a draft
                                                           assessment order as mandated
                                                           by the provisions of section
                                                           144C(1)       of     the    Act,
                                                           straightaway passed the final
                                                           assessment        order    dated
                                                           30.07.2023       under   section
                                                           143(3) read with section 144B
                                                           of the Act, confirming the
                                                           additions made by the TPO.
                                                          The final assessment order
                                                           dated       30.07.2023      was
                                                           accompanied by a notice of
                                                           demand issued under section







                                                            156 of the Act (along with the
                                                           computation sheet), and a
                                                           penalty notice issued under
                                                           section 274 read with section
                                                           270A of the Act, thereby
                                                           resulting in violation of
                                                           mandatory     provisions    of
                                                           section 144C of the Act.



 16       PCIT vs                2008-09                  The assessee is company Whether on the facts
          Wickwood                                         incorporated     in    BVI      on and circumstances of