Supreme Court Clears Tax Reassessment for Sabharwal Sons
The Supreme Court dismissed four appeals filed by Chetan and Nitin Sabharwal, the sons of former Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal. The Court upheld income tax reassessment notices for the assessment years 2008-09 and 2009-10. This allows the tax department to go ahead with reassessing those years.
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Context: A reassessment notice lets tax officials reopen an earlier year's return and check it again. Y.K. Sabharwal served as Chief Justice of India from 2005 to 2006, so the case draws public interest, though the legal question is about tax rules.
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