M/S Manish Finlease (P) Ltd, Patna vs Ito, Ward-2(1), Patna on 9 August, 2019
In Sri Nath Suresh Chand Ram
Naresh v. CIT (supra) it was reiterated that service of valid notice
under Section 148 was "the foundation for the initiation of
reassessment proceedings and a condition precedent for the validity
of the notice." It was held that the Tribunal was not right in holding
that the notices under Section 148 addressed as „SCR and the karta
„S were valid notices for reassessing the income of the HUF „MM or
„MS or its successors. Onus on Revenue to prove service of notice.
There is sufficient judicial authority for the proposition that the
burden of showing that service of noticed has been effected on the
Assessee or his duly authorized representative is on the Revenue.