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ITAT Bar Association Hyderabad
ITAT Bar Association Hyderabad
The Hyderabad Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Bar Association

Welcome to the ITAT Bar Association Hyderabad

A professional body of advocates and chartered accountants practising before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench. Guided by our motto — No One Shall Go Undefended — we serve justice, collegiality, and the rule of law.

About Us

Drawn from the resolutions of the General Body — our commitments on governance, membership, and stewardship of the Association.

ITAT

Hon'ble Members and Staff of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench.

Committee Members

Office bearers and members elected by the General Body.

Gallery

Event photo collections. Open an event, then click a photograph for details and browse with previous / next.

Journal

Archive of articles and professional notes.

Case Studies

Case notes from the ITAT Bar Association journal.

Our Objectives

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  1. (i)

    To spread education in matters relating to tax laws, general laws and accountancy.

  2. (ii)

    To provide an effective forum for the discussion of matters pertaining to tax laws, other laws, accountancy and their administration for the collection and dissemination of information relating thereto; and for the development of understanding and co-operation amongst the members, tax administration, tax payers and other stakeholders concerned.

  3. (iii)

    To undertake critical studies of tax laws, other laws, accountancy and their administration and to offer suggestions in matters relating to tax legislation, rules, notifications, circulars, in respect of administration, enforcement, interpretation etc. of the tax laws.

  4. (iv)

    To strive and work for independence of Judicial Authorities, quasi-Judicial Authorities, Appellate Authorities, Tribunals, Authority for Advance Rulings, Courts, National Tax Tribunal or other similar Authorities.

ITAT President

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MR. JUSTICE CHANDRAKANT VASANT BHADANG

MR. JUSTICE CHANDRAKANT VASANT BHADANG

Hon'ble President

Judicial Member

Present Members at ITAT Hyderabad

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Sri Vijay Pal Rao

Sri Vijay Pal Rao

Hon'ble Vice President

Judicial Member

Sri Manjunatha G

Sri Manjunatha G

Hon'ble Accountant Member

Judicial Member

Sri Ravish Sood

Sri Ravish Sood

Hon'ble Judicial Member

Judicial Member

Sri Madhusudan Sawadia

Sri Madhusudan Sawadia

Hon'ble Accountant Member

Judicial Member

Executive Committee

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Executive Committee

Standing — left to right

Sri Y. V. Bhanu Narayan Rao
FCA · Joint Secretary

Sri Sashank Dundu
Advocate · EC Member

Sri T. Chaitanya Kumar
Advocate · Joint Secretary

Sri C. Maheshwar Reddy
FCA · EC Member

Sri Afzal Mohd
Advocate · EC Member

Sri S. K. Gupta
Advocate · EC Member

Sitting — left to right

Smt. S. Sandhya
Advocate · Treasurer

Sri P. Muralimohan Rao
FCA · Sr. Vice President

Sri H. Srinivasulu
Advocate · Sr Vice President

Sri S. Rama Rao
Advocate · Honorary President

Sri K. C. Devdas
FCA · President

Sri A. V. Raghuram
Advocate · Vice President

Sri K. A. Sai Prasad
FCA · Secretary

Gallery

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General Body Meeting — April 2026

Scenes from the General Body Meeting held at CGO Towers, Kavadiguda.
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Association Events

Seminars, felicitations, and professional gatherings of the Bar.

From the Journal

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2026-10-14 · Sashank Dundu

Section 147A — Miracle or Debacle

A critique of the retrospective insertion of Section 147A seeking to validate reassessment notices issued by the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer, and the recent High Court rulings striking it down as unconstitutional.
2026-10-14 · Hari Agarwal, FCA & Vivek Agarwal, FCA

Kamal Kumar Khetawat v. Union of India — Interest on Delayed Refund of Seized Cash

Jharkhand High Court awards interest at 0.5% per month on refunded seized cash from expiry of 120 days after the search, undeterred by a pending vigilance reference.
2026-10-14 · Hari Agarwal, FCA & Vivek Agarwal, FCA

Surya Prakash Kacham v. DCIT — Unsigned Third-Party Documents Cannot Sustain a Section 56 Addition

ITAT Hyderabad deletes addition based on unsigned documents from a developer's premises, holding the alleged receipt could not be separated from the underlying JDA.

Case Studies

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2026-08-21

Rekha Corporation Pvt. Ltd. v. DCIT

Hyderabad ITAT deleted a section 68 addition of Rs. 2.38 crore on unsecured loans, holding that low returned income of lenders does not by itself prove lack of creditworthiness; PF/ESI disallowance was sustained.

Hyderabad ITATPF/ESISection 68
2026-08-21

Ghanta Srinivas v. DCIT

Visakhapatnam ITAT deleted penalties under sections 270A(9) and 271AAD where the notice was vague and additional professional receipts were accepted without further addition.

Section 270ASection 271AADVisakhapatnam ITAT
2026-08-20

VSAIPPL-SMC (JV) v. ITO, TDS & Ors.

Telangana High Court: stay under section 220(6) cannot be granted by mechanically insisting on a 20% deposit based on CBDT instructions.

Section 220(6)Stay of demandTelangana High Court