In Brief
Commissioner of Income Tax appealed against a decision of the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) relating to the exercise of revisionary jurisdiction under Section 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The Supreme Court declined to adjudicate the merits of whether the original revisionary exercise was justified, noting that subsequent events had demonstrated no revenue leakage. Finding the matter had become academic, the Court closed the proceedings without a substantive determination.
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