Section 143(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the 1961 Act), cannot be invoked by the Assessing Officer (AO) to disallow a claim when the issue involved such as the deductibility of employees’ contributions to EPF/ESI under Section 36(1)(va) is pending consideration before the Supreme Court, as in Checkmate Services Pvt. Ltd. vs. CIT [(2023) […]









