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Issues involved: Admissibility of appeal based on previous judgments and unchallenged decisions, consideration of specific question u/s guest house expenses.
Admissibility of appeal based on previous judgments: The High Court refused to admit the appeal as the Tribunal did not commit any error by relying on previous judgments related to Assessment Years 2002-03 and 2003-04, which remained unchallenged. The Court noted that appeals for those years were dismissed earlier by the Court, justifying the dismissal of the current appeal. The Court emphasized that since the issue had already been dealt with and no appeal was preferred against the previous judgment, there was no need to admit the appeal solely on this ground. Consideration of specific question u/s guest house expenses: The appellant argued that the appeal should be admitted based on the ground that a specific question regarding the deletion of additions on account of guest house expenses had not been addressed previously. However, upon reviewing the Tribunal's judgment, it was found that the issue had been considered in favor of the assessee based on previous decisions. The Court observed that since no appeal had been filed against the Tribunal's judgment on this specific point, there was no justification for admitting the appeal solely on this ground. Conclusion: The Court refused to admit the appeal based on the reliance on previous judgments and unchallenged decisions, as well as the specific question regarding guest house expenses, ultimately upholding the Tribunal's decision in the matter.
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