Commissioner Of Income-Tax, Madras vs S. Raman Chettiar on 27 October, 1964
These observations certainly show that this Court assumed
that fresh notices could have been issued in that case. Mr.
Sastri says that the Department has done exactly what the
Supreme Court indicated in that case should be done. But,
apart from the fact that there is no discussion on the
question of the validity of the return, it is possible to
say that on the facts in that case fresh notices could have
been issued. In Maharajah Pratap Singh, s(2) case, the
Maharajah had filed returns for four assessment years 1944-
45 to 1947-48 under s. 22, and assessments had been made but
the income of the assessee with regard to interest on
arrears of rent was not included. His returns in pursuance
to a notice under s. 34 could not be treated as a return
under s. 22(3) because he had already filed returns and was
not purporting to revise his previous returns.