{
  "id": 6569065,
  "title": "Punjab And Haryana HC Strikes Down Section 147A Of Income Tax Act As Unconstitutional",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/punjab-and-haryana-hc-strikes-down-section-147a-of-income-tax-act-as",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T08:31:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/punjab-and-haryana-hc-strikes-down-section-147a-of-income-tax-act-as-unconstitutional"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Punjab and Haryana High Court has struck down Section 147A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, declaring the provision unconstitutional. The section was introduced retrospectively from April 1, 2021, to clarify the authority of Jurisdictional Assessing Officers (JAOs) in income tax reassessment proceedings. A Bench comprising Justice Deepak Sibal and Justice Rupinderjit Chahal delivered the order on…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}