Calcutta High Court slaps ₹20,000 costs on Income Tax officer for issuing notice to non-existent entity twice

This is not the first time that Assessing Officer Bitan Roy has found himself at the receiving end of the Court’s ire.
Calcutta High Court
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The Calcutta High Court recently imposed ₹20,000 as personal costs on an income tax Assessing Officer (AO), Bitan Roy, after the Court found that he had issued an assessment notice to a company that no longer existed after its amalgamation with another entity in 2019. [Orbit Projects Private Limited Vs Income Tax Officer, Ward 5(1), Kolkata & Ors.]

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