TMI Blog2004 (4) TMI 69X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Appellate Tribunal was right in law in setting aside the assessment tantamounting to its annulment on the ground that there is no existence of undisclosed income for the purpose of an assessment to be made under Chapter XIV-B, especially when no valid return has been filed and therefore the income earned should be brought to tax as undisclosed incom ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... undisclosed income, and therefore, the impugned assessment under Chapter XIV-B for the block period was liable to be annulled. Section 158BB defines undisclosed income as follows: 158BB(1). The undisclosed income of the block period shall be the aggregate of the total income of the previous years falling within the block period computed, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, on the ba ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e basis of the income disclosed in such returns; (c) where the due date for filing a return of income has expired, but no return of income has been filed, (A) on the basis of entries as recorded in the books of account and other documents maintained in the normal course on or before the date of the search or requisition where such entries result in computation of loss for any previous year fal ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nd circumstances of the case, it cannot be said that the assessment was required to be made under Chapter XIV-B. The belated returns, which had been filed, even though invalid, contained information showing the earning of the corresponding income and such information having been imparted by the assessee to the Assessing Officer long before the search, it would not be proper to hold that there was ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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