PR. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (CENTRAL-3), NEW DELHI v. JYOTI GOEL

1. FACTS OF THE CASE

In ITA 450/2026 with CM Applications 36437 and 36438/2026, Revenue’s Senior Standing Counsel stated that the tax effect fell below the limits in CBDT Circular 5/2024 dated 15 March 2024 read with Circular 9/2024 dated 17 September 2024. The order supplies no assessment year, tax-effect figure or description of the underlying addition.

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2. DISCUSSION BY THE COURT

The Court acted on Revenue’s submission about the monetary limits. It recorded no independent analysis of reassessment, additions or any substantive tax question.

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3. JUDICIAL DECISION

The appeal was dismissed.

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4. OUTCOME

Revenue’s appeal ended on the stated low-tax-effect ground. This was not a merits endorsement of any underlying proposition in favour of Jyoti Goel.

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5. Expert Comments

AKHB editorial analysis, distinct from the Court’s findings.

The source establishes a litigation-limit disposal

Revenue itself supplied the reason for ending the appeal. The Court’s dismissal therefore documents the application of the cited monetary-limit policy to this appeal; it does not explain or resolve the underlying tax controversy. The absence of a merits discussion is particularly important when citing this order alongside a substantive judgment.

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Do not manufacture the missing tax computation

Neither the numerical limit nor the actual tax effect is reproduced. The source supports the recorded conclusion that this appeal fell below the cited limits, not a calculation that can be carried into another taxpayer’s case. No assessment year or section 148 issue can be inferred from the caption or source filename.

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The operative disposal is complete on its own terms

The appeal was dismissed without an express remand or revival clause; the two captioned applications receive no separate operative ruling. That is the procedural result to record. It does not establish current circular policy or determine whether a different appeal falls within an exception; those matters were not examined in this short order.

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