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1. Application of section 68 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 to assess undisclosed income for the assessment year 1953-54. 2. Interpretation of section 297(2)(d)(ii) in relation to the applicability of the Act of 1961 to reassessment under the Act of 1922. 3. Comparison of judicial precedents regarding the scope of section 68 as a machinery provision. 4. Determination of the correct assessment year for taxing undisclosed income based on the accounting period. Analysis: 1. The case involved the application of section 68 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 to assess undisclosed income for the assessment year 1953-54. The Tribunal had ruled in favor of the assessee, but the High Court disagreed. The Court held that the undisclosed sums should be added to the income for the assessment year 1954-55, not 1953-54, based on the provisions of section 68 which require treating any unexplained credit as income of that year if the explanation is not accepted by the Income-tax Officer. 2. The Court interpreted section 297(2)(d)(ii) to determine the applicability of the Act of 1961 to reassessment under the Act of 1922. The Tribunal's decision was based on this interpretation, stating that the new Act repealed the old Act and its procedures should apply. The Court agreed with this interpretation, emphasizing that the Act of 1961 should be followed for reassessment, leading to the conclusion that section 68 applied to the assessment year 1954-55. 3. Various judicial precedents were cited to analyze the scope of section 68 as a machinery provision. The Court referred to cases such as Govinddas v. ITO and CIT v. Dharamchand Anandkumar to establish that section 68 was not merely a machinery provision but had substantive implications for determining the taxability of undisclosed income. These precedents supported the Court's decision to apply section 68 to the present case. 4. The Court determined the correct assessment year for taxing the undisclosed income based on the accounting period. The entries related to the undisclosed sums were made after the accounting year ending on September 30, 1952, which aligned with the accounting period relevant to the assessment year 1954-55. Therefore, the Court held that the undisclosed sums should be taxed in the financial year corresponding to the assessment year 1953-54, contrary to the Tribunal's view, and directed further examination of the case on merits.
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