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TMI Blog2020 (11) TMI 768X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Act, of an assumed commission payment u/s 69C - No evidence is brought on record except for stating generalities. SIT recommendations were cited, but these do not have any reference to these assessees. This, in our view cannot be a ground for the Pr. CIT to give specific directions to the AO to make certain additions. The assessee is not confronted by any adverse material. No reference has been made to any specific adverse material. When the assessee is not confronted with any material no amount can be directed to be added by the ld. Pr. CIT, on the basis of suspicion, or material in the public domain on the general modus operandi adopted in such cases. It is necessary for the ld. Pr. CIT to have conducted his own enquiries, collected adverse material and confronted the assessee with such adverse material, consider the replied and only after following the principles of natural justice, he could have directed the additions in question against the assessee. Additions cannot be made based on general reasoning or some supposed material in the public domain which was never brought on record. Such direction is arbitrary and has to be struck down as bad in law. AO in this case has ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... g the details filed by the assessee. The AO had concluded that he had not found anything adverse in the claim of the assessee for exemption u/s 10(38) of the Act. 3.1. The ld. Pr. CIT issued a show cause notice u/s 263 of the Act on 22.11.2018 proposing to revise the assessment order passed by the AO u/s 143(3) of the Act, on the ground that the AO should have treated the LTCG earned by the assessees as bogus credit and should have added back the entire credit u/s 68 of the Act, in view of the investigation conducted by the Directorate of Investigation, Kolkata, which had resulted in the unearthing of a huge syndicate of Entry Operators, stock brokers and money launderers involved in providing bogus accommodation entries of LTCG. The ld. Pr. CIT further mentions that it has come to light that, large scale manipulation has been done in the market price of shares of certain companies listed in the Bombay Stock Exchange by certain persons working as a syndicate, in order to provide entries of tax exempt bogus LTCG, to large number of persons, in lieu of unaccounted cash and that the basic object of this racket is to convert black money into white without payment of income tax. 3 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Accordingly, I direct the AO to reassess the income of the assessee for the relevant AY 2014-15 on the issue as discussed above. (Emphasis ours) 4. Aggrieved, the assessee is in appeal before us. 5. The ld. Counsel for the assessee, Mr. Subash Agarwal submitted that the order passed u/s 263 of the Act is bad in law, as the proceedings were initiated at the behest of the AO and not by the Pr. CIT, as required by the Act. He pointed out to para 2 3 of the order passed by the Pr. CIT u/s 263 of the Act, wherein it is clearly stated that the proposal for revision was received from the AO. He relied on the decision of this Bench of the Tribunal in the case of West Bengal National University of Juridical Science vs. CIT in ITA No. 2643/Kol/2019 order dated 30.09.2020 for the proposition that proceedings u/s 263 of the Act cannot be initiated at the instance of the AO. 5.1. The ld. Counsel for the assessee further submitted that the AO during the course of assessment proceedings had made detailed enquiries by issuing notices u/s 133(6) of the Act to the parties and only obtained confirmation and accepted the claim of the assessee. He submitted that all bills and other e ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... re sale consideration be added by the AO u/s 68 of the Act. He submitted that it is well settled that additions cannot be made, based on suspicion. He submits that all these cases are covered by the order of the ITAT in the case of M/s. Girish Tikmani, HUF Others (supra), both on facts and in law. 5.5. He submitted that there is no adverse material against the assessee and that the assessee was not confronted with any material or report of the Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) and additions directed to be made by the Pr. CIT was based only on suspicion and general statements and observations. He submitted that the order u/s 263 of the Act cannot be sustained under such circumstance. 5.6. The ld. Counsel for the assessee further submitted that, the Pr. CIT has not conducted any enquiries or investigations on its own nor he has specified as to what were the enquiries that were not done by the AO warrants direction of additions u/s 68 and u/s 69C of the Act. He prayed that the order u/s 263 of the Act be quashed. 6. The ld. D/R on the other hand vehemently controverted the submissions of the assessee. At the first instance he submitted that Pr. CIT has observed ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... has indulged in these penny stock transactions. Referring to the case of Ritin Lakhmani, he submitted that the purchase bill was dated 16.09.2011 and whereas the payment was made only on 24.03.2012 i.e. after 6 months. He referred to Circular No. SMDRP/POLICY/CIR-32/99 dated 14.09.1999 and submitted that off market transactions were banned by S.E.B.I. and that the assessee should not have accepted such off-market transactions. He further referred to the CBDT Circular No. 23/2019 dated 06.09.2019 for the proposition that, appeals can be filed in all penny stock matters before ITAT, High Court and Supreme Court irrespective of the monetary limits. He referred to the theory of preponderance of probabilities and submitted that the AO in this case has failed to properly examine the claims of the assessee and has granted exemption. He justified the directions of Pr. CIT requiring the AO to add the gross receipts in the consequential order to be passed u/s 143(3) of the Act. 7. In his reply, the ld. Counsel for the assessee submitted that the Hon ble Supreme Court in the case of CIT vs. S. Nelliappan [1967] 66 ITR 722 (SC) held that a legal ground can be taken by any party at any s ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of the Act. The Pr. CIT has, after perusing the proposal of the AO, which was before him along with the record, came to a prima facie conclusion and initiated proceedings u/s 263 of the Act. Nowhere does the Pr. CIT state that he has examined the record. 11. Though in the show cause notice, the ld. Pr. CIT states that on examination of records errors were observed, the fact remains that a proposal from the AO along with the record was received and was perused (not examined) and the revisionary powers u/s 263 of the Act was initiated by the ld. Pr. CIT. 12. The proposition of law on such facts has been discussed and applied by the Kolkata C Bench of the Tribunal in the case of M/s. Rupayan Udyog vs. Pr. CIT in ITA No. 1073/Kol/2012 for the AY 2005-06 order dated 28.11.2018. This judgement was followed by the Kolkata A Bench of the Tribunal in the case of The West Bengal National University of Juridical Science vs. Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemption) in ITA No. 2643/Kol/2019 for the AY 2016-17 order dated 30.09.2020. At para 8 9 it was held as follows: 8. We first take up the legal issue. The Assessing Officer on 25/04/2019, made the following proposals:- ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... revisional jurisdiction is only when he considers that the order passed by the AO is erroneous in so far as prejudicial to the interest of the revenue and that power cannot be usurped by the AO to trigger the revisional jurisdiction vested with the CIT as per the scheme of the Act which gives various power to various authorities to exercise and they have to exercise powers in their respective given sphere which is clearly ear-marked and spelled out by the statute. Here, we note that the AO who is empowered by the Act to assess a subject within a prescribed time period has first assessed the assessee and later after passage of time has taken up a proposal with the CIT to exercise his revisional jurisdiction cannot be countenanced for the simple reason that when in the first place the AO noticing that he failed to properly enquire before assessing the assessee within the time limit prescribed by the statute cannot be allowed to get fresh innings to reassess because it was his duty to enquire properly within the time limit prescribed by the statute. Therefore, the very invocation of revisional jurisdiction on the proposal of the AO itself is bad in law and for coming to such a decisio ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... this case is that as to whether the impugned transactions of purchase and sale of shares were indeed bogus in nature and accordingly whether the entire amount of sale consideration should have been added back or not. 5.1 From the records, it is seen that credible information was available in the custody of the AO from which it was clear that the assessee had adopted the practice of accepting accommodation entries and in turn entered into bogus transactions to the tune of RsS3,63,S18/-. As per above, during the previous year 2013- I 4, corresponding to AY 2014-15, the assessee had benefitted by trading and making manipulation. in the Scrips of Unno Industries Ltd. and claimed exemption u/s 10(38) of the Act. 5.2 On perusal of the assessment records, the following facts lead me to an inseparable conclusion that the transactions are not genuine and these connected parties have grossly misused the stock exchange system to generate bogus L TCG to aid and help beneficiaries to convert their unaccounted income into accounted one with no payment of taxes. The modus operandi, as emanating from the rep.ort of the Director General of Income Tax (Investigation),WB, Sikkim and NER, ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ve beef) purchased by the beneficiaries, the syndicate members start rigging the price gradually through the brokers. In these transactions the volume is almost negligible. Two fixed brokers who are in league with the Syndicate buy shares at a fixed time and at a fixed price. These low volume transactions are managed through paper companies/HUF or dummy persons maintained and controlled by the entry operators. iii) Final sale by the beneficiary: This is done after the beneficiary has already held the shares for one year. The period of holding may be a little more to match the amount of booking with the final rate. The beneficiary is contacted either by the Syndicate member or the Broker (Middle man) through whom the initial booking was done. The beneficiary provides the required amount of cash which is routed through some of the paper companies of the entry operator and is finally parked in one company which will buy the share from the beneficiary. When everything is ready a specific date and time as well as price is fixed by the operator on which the transaction is made. The paper company issues cheque to the beneficiary. The beneficiary claims the receipt as exempt inco ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s, their gain on sale of such shares would be eligible for exemption from Income Tax. (11) An analysis of share buyers of some of LTCG companies was done to see if there were common persons/entities involved in buying the bogus inflated shares. It was noted that there were many common buyers [which were paper companies. (12)The prices of the shares fall very sharply after the shares of LTCG beneficiaries have been off loaded through the pre-arranged transactions on the Stock Exchange floor/portal to the Short Term Loss seekers or dummy paper entities. (13) The shares of these companies are not available for buy/sell to any person outside the syndicate. This is generally ensured by way of synchronized trading by the operators amongst themselves and/or by utilizing the mechanism of upper/lower circuit of the Exchange. 5.4 From the material available on record, it is proved beyond doubt that the alleged transactions and the scheme of colourable device mentioned in Para 5.lto 5.3 supra, is bogus and the entire sale consideration being bogus cash credit should have been added back U/S 68 of the Act and taxed at Maximum Marginal Rate. The benefit of (indexed) cost of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ; March, 08th April and 3rd April. In this regard, it is pertinent to mention the observations of the Committee headed by Chairman, CBDT on Measures to tackle Black Money in India and Abroad which submitted its report in 2012 and which read as follows:- 3.22 Investments are made in the secondary share markets with a view to capturing gains. In this market; out of nearly 8,000 listed companies, several scrips are not traded regularly. With the collusion of promoters, some brokers arrange for price(s) with purchase of such scrips at nominal costs, and sales at exorbitant prices, with a view to receiving money on sale as 'capital gain' when the long term gain is subjected to a 'nil' or nominal rate of tax. The advantage for manipulative taxpayer is that he can launder such sale receipts through payment of no tax. SEBI has recently barred more than 250 entities, including individuals and companies, from the securities market for suspected tar: evasion and laundering of black money through stock market platforms. In one such instance price of a scrip rose from ₹ 10.20 to ₹ 489 in 150 trading days - a rise of 4694%. The SIT obtained the backgro ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ast few years including years from purchase to sale, it is seen that the financial health of the company had been deteriorating continuously had increased insignificantly. However, the share price and market capitalization of the scrip was shooting up almost vertically. The catapult rise of its shares defied logic as even the blue chip companies which have bulk market share in terms of market capitalization and business did not even manage to double their price in the market during the same period. Statistically, UNNO INDUSTRIES LTD having almost zero fundamental strength had shot up more than 28 times in a short span of time. Apparently it is 28 times on an average however it is taken to 28 times under the disguise of splitting of shares. This is because the parallel forces of accommodation entry providers were actively participating with their pre-settled game plan. This scrip was suspended by SEBI for Price rigging and insider trading. 5.6.3 Assessee had apparently sold the shares of UNNO INDUSTRIES LTD at pre-determined price, at pre-determined time to pre-determined parties who were seeking loss for setting off genuine capital gain with the help of different operators, me ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... f all such scrips and the pattern is that they represent a bell shape in their trading. It means first, their prices start from a low range, then it rises rapidly, stays there for a while and then it decreases more rapidly. Thus the trading pattern represents a Bell Shape[ Annexure A and made part of the order] 5.6.7 Ultimately SEBI vide its order dated 29.03.2016 has restrained some persons/entities from accessing the securities market and buying, selling or dealing in securities, either directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, till further direction. The list includes the name of Unno Industries Ltd besides various other companies. 5.7 Further, in light of the above chronology of events, the Income Tax Authorities are entitled/ obliged to look into the details of the documents produced and make thorough investigation into the transactions to find out the actual motive behind it. It is well settled principle of law as laid down by the Honble Apex Court in the case of Sumati Dayal vs. CIT (214 ITR 801) (SC) that the true nature of transactions have to be ascertained in the light of surrounding circumstances. It needs to be emphasized that standard of proof b ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ouncement of the Apex Court in the case of N.K.Proteins Ltd. v. Deputy, Commissioner of Income-tax SPECIAL LEAVE TO APPEAL(C) NO.769 OF 2017 JANUARY 16, 2017, as reported in [2017] 84 taxmann.com 195 (SC), wherein the High Court's decision to add back the entire bogus purchase as per the fictitious invoices debited to trading account holding that percentage disallowance of bogus purchases goes against principle of Sec 68 and 69C of the Act, was upheld by the Apex Court. 5.10 It is imperative on the part of the Assessing Officer to examine each and every transaction and finally to assess correct income of the assessee. In this case, the assessment order was passed without arriving at the logical conclusion on the corroborative material, available at the disposal of the AO. 5.11 In this connection it is pertinent to note that the failure on the part of the Assessing Officer to make an enquiry on a relevant issue/point would render the assessment erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of the revenue as decided in the following cases by various courts: (1968) 67 ITR 84(SC) Ram Pyari Devi Saraogi (1973) 88 ITR 323(SC) Tara Devi Aggarwal (1975) 99 ITR 375( ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... in the case of Deniel Merchants Pvt. Ltd. vs. ITO (Appeal No. 2396/20171 dated 29.11.2017. In this group of cases, Hon'ble Supreme Court has dismissed SLPs in cases where AO did not make any proper inquiry while making the assessment and accepting the explanation of the assessee(s) insofar as receipt of share application money is concerned. On that basis the Commissioner of Income Tax had, after setting aside the order of the Assessing Officer, simply directed the Assessing Officer to carry thorough and detailed inquiry. MaJabar Industrial Co. Ltd. Vs CIT l09 Taxman 66 1SCl71 [20001 243 ITR 83 (SC)/20001 159 CTR 1 (SC) wherein the Hon'ble Supreme Court held that where Assessing Officer had accepted entry in statement of account filed by assessee, in absence of any supporting material without making any enquiry, exercise of jurisdiction by Commissioner under section 263( 1) was justified. Raimandir Estates (P) Ltd Vs PCIT [2017] 77 taxmann.com 285 (SC)/(2017) 245 Taxman 127 (SC) wherein the Hon'ble Supreme Court has dismissed SLP against High Court's ruling that where assessee with a small amount of authorised share capital, raised huge sum on account ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... para 7, the quantum of addition, or the figures of addition have varied from case to case. This shows that the same general observations and reasons have been given by the ld. Pr. CIT in all cases where he took action u/s 263 of the Act, in cases where there was a claim of deduction u/s 10(38) of the Act on LTCG and where the claim was accepted by the AO. 16. Based on this cut and paste reasoning, the ld. Pr. CIT has directed the AO to make additions u/s 68 of the Act of the entire sale consideration received by each of the assessees on the sale of shares, as well as addition u/s 69C of the Act, of an assumed commission payment u/s 69C of the Act. No evidence is brought on record except for stating generalities. SIT recommendations were cited, but these do not have any reference to these assessees. This, in our view cannot be a ground for the Pr. CIT to give specific directions to the AO to make certain additions. The assessee is not confronted by any adverse material. No reference has been made to any specific adverse material. When the assessee is not confronted with any material no amount can be directed to be added by the ld. Pr. CIT, on the basis of suspicion, or mater ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... for our apt adjudication in facts of instant case is as to whether the PCIT has rightly exercised his revision jurisdiction vested u/s 263 or not. There is no dispute that the Assessing Officer accepted the assessee s LTCG as genuine as per his discussion in the assessment order that he had verified all necessary facts during the course of scrutiny. Suffice to say, the same fact very much emerges not only from assessee s detailed paper book running into 98 pages but also from the relevant assessment notings forming part of record (supra). This tribunal s coordinate bench s decision in case of M/s Saregama India Ltd. vs. CIT-1, Kolkata ITA No.1254/Kol/2014 decided on 20.09.2017 has reiterated the following settled principles in case of sec. 263 revision jurisdiction:- 11. Now we shall discuss the propositions of law as laid down by various courts on the issue of revisionary jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Income Tax u/s 263 of the Act. The Hone ble Andhra Pradesh High Court in the case of Spectra Shares and Scrips Pvt. Ltd. V CIT (AP) 354 ITR 35 had considered a number of judgments on this issue of exercise of jurisdiciton u/s 263 of the Act by the Principal Commissio ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... as taken one view with which the Commissioner does not agree, it cannot be treated as an erroneous order prejudicial to the interests of the Revenue, unless the view taken by the Income Tax Officer is unsustainable in law. On the facts of that case, Sec.80HHC(3) as it then stood was interpreted by the Assessing Officer but the Revenue contended that in view of the 2005 Amendment which is clarificatory and retrospective in nature, the view of the Assessing Officer was unsustainable in law and the Commissioner was correct in invoking Sec.263. But the Supreme Court rejected the said contention and held that when the Commissioner passed his order disagreeing with the view of the Assessing Officer, there were two views on the word profits in that section; that the said section was amended eleven times; that different views existed on the day when the Commissioner passed his order; that the mechanics of the section had become so complicated over the years that two views were inherently possible; and therefore, the subsequent amendment in 2005 even though retrospective will not attract the provision of Sec.263. 26. In Vikas Polymers (4 Supra), the Delhi High Court held that the pow ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... erely because he has a different opinion in the matter; that it is only in cases of lack of inquiry that such a course of action would be open; that an assessment order made by the Income Tax Officer cannot be branded as erroneous by the Commissioner simply because, according to him, the order should have been written more elaborately; there must be some prima facie material on record to show that the tax which was lawfully exigible has not been imposed or that by the application of the relevant statute on an incorrect or incomplete interpretation, a lesser tax than what was just, has been imposed. In that case, the Delhi High Court held that the Commissioner in the exercise of revisional power could not have objected to the finding of the Assessing Officer that expenditure on tools and dies by the assessee, a manufacturer of Car parts, is revenue expenditure where the said claim was allowed by the latter on being satisfied with the explanation of the assessee and where the same accounting practice followed by the assessee for number of years with the approval of the Income Tax Authorities. It held that the Assessing Officer had called for explanation on the very item from the asse ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... unt to giving unbridled and arbitrary power to the revising authority to initiate proceedings for revision in every case and start re-examination and fresh inquiry in matters which have already been concluded under law. 29. In M.S. Raju (15 Supra), this Court has held that the power of the Commissioner under Sec.263(1) is not limited only to the material which was available before the Assessing Officer and, in order to protect the interests of the Revenue, the Commissioner is entitled to examine any other records which are available at the time of examination by him and to take into consideration even those events which arose subsequent to the order of assessment. 30. In Rampyari Devi Saraogi (21 Supra), the Commissioner in exercise of revisional powers cancelled assessee s assessment for the years 1952-1953 to 1960-61 because he found that the income tax officer was not justified in accepting the initial capital, the gift received and sale of jewellery, the income from business etc., without any enquiry or evidence whatsoever . He directed the income tax officer to do fresh assessment after making proper enquiry and investigation in regard to the jurisdiction. The assess ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ite an elaborate judgment giving detailed reasons in respect of each and every disallowance, deduction, etc., it is incumbent upon the Commissioner not to exercise his suo motu revisional powers unless supported by adequate reasons for doing so; that if a query is raised during the course of the scrutiny by the Assessing Officer, which was answered to the satisfaction of the Assessing Officer, but neither the query nor the answer were reflected in the assessment order, this would not by itself lead to the conclusion that the order of the Assessing Officer called for interference and revision. e) The Commissioner cannot initiate proceedings with a view to start fishing and roving inquiries in matters or orders which are already concluded; that the department cannot be permitted to begin fresh litigation because of new views they entertain on facts or new circumstance; that if this is permitted, litigation would have no end except when legal ingenuity is exhausted f) Whether there was application of mind before allowing the expenditure in question has to be seen; that if there was an inquiry, even inadequate that would not by itself give occasion to the Commissioner to pass ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ession postulates an error which makes an order unsustainable in law. The Assessing Officer is both an investigator and an adjudicator. If the Assessing Officer as an adjudicator decides a question or aspect and makes a wrong assessment which is unsustainable in law, it can be corrected by the Commissioner in exercise of revisionary power. As an investigator, it is incumbent upon the Assessing Officer to investigate the facts required to be examined and verified to compute the taxable income. If the Assessing Officer fails to conduct the said investigation, he commits an error and the word erroneous includes failure to make the enquiry. In such cases, the order becomes erroneous because enquiry or verification has not been made and not because a wrong order has been passed on merits. Thus, in cases of wrong opinion or finding on merits, the CIT has to come to the conclusion and himself decide that the order is erroneous, by conducting necessary enquiry, if required and necessary, before the order under s. 263 is passed. In such cases, the order of the Assessing Officer will be erroneous because the order passed is not sustainable in law and the said finding must be reco ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ter recording reasons hold that the order is erroneous. The jurisdictional precondition stipulated is that the CIT must come to the conclusion that the order is erroneous and is unsustainable in law. It may be noticed that the material which the CIT can rely includes not only the record as it stands at the time when the order in question was passed by the Assessing Officer but also the record as it stands at the time of examination by the CIT. Nothing bars/prohibits the CIT from collecting and relying upon new/additional material/evidence to show and state that the order of the Assessing Officer is erroneous. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX vs. J. L. MORRISON (INDIA) LTD. 366 ITR As regard the submission on behalf of the Revenue that power under Section 263 of the Act can be exercised even in a case where the issue is debatable, it was held that the case of CIT vs. M. M. Khambhatwala was not applicable. The observation that the Commissioner can exercise power under Section 263 of the Act even in a case were the issue is debatable was a mere passing remark which is again contrary to the view taken by the Apex Court in the case of Malabar Industrial Company Ltd. Max India Ltd. If t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... lls Pvt. Ltd. vs. C.I.T., ITA No. 116 /Coch/ 2012; CIT vs. Infosys Technologies Ltd., 341 ITR 293 (Karnataka); S.N. Mukherjee vs. Union of India, AIR 1990 SC 1984; A. A. Doshi vs. JCIT, 256 ITR 685; Hindusthan Tin Works Ltd. Vs. CIT, 275 ITR 43 (Del), distinguished. (Paras 90-92, 102) COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX vs. SOHANA WOOLLEN MILLS 296 ITR 238 (P H HC) A reference to the provisions of s. 263 shows that jurisdiction thereunder can be exercised if the CIT finds that the order of the AO was erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of Revenue. Mere audit objection and merely because a different view could be taken, were not enough to say that the order of the AO was erroneous or prejudicial to the interest of the Revenue. The jurisdiction could be exercised if the CIT was satisfied that the basis for exercise of jurisdiction existed. No rigid rule could be laid down about the situation when the jurisdiction can be exercised. Whether satisfaction of the CIT for exercising jurisdiction was called for or not, has to be decided having regard to a given fact situation. In the present case, the Tribunal has held that the assessee had disclosed that out of sale consideration, a sum ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... to the CIT, the order should be written more elaborately.-Malabar Industrial Co. Ltd. vs. CIT (2000) 159 CTR (SC) 1 : (2000) 243 ITR 83 (SC), Gee Vee Enterprises vs. Addl. CIT 1975 CTR (Del) 61 : (1975) 99 ITR 375 (Del), CIT vs. Seshasayee Paper Boards Ltd. (2000) 242 ITR 490 (Mad), CWT vs. Prithvi Raj Co. (1991) 98 CTR (Del) 216 : (1993) 199 ITR 424 (Del) and J.P. Srivastava Sons (Kanpur) Ltd. vs. CIT (1978) 111 ITR 326 (All) relied on. (Paras 6 7) In the entire order emphasis laid by the CIT is that in respect of four issues mentioned by him, no queries were raised by the AO. On this premise, though it is observed that there was no application of mind on the part of the AO and the AO has not recorded any reasons to justify the omission to consider the said facts, the CIT does not take the said order to its logical conclusion which was the prime duty of the CIT in order to justify exercise of power under s. 263. There is not even a whisper that the order is erroneous. Even if it is inferred that non-consideration of the issues pointed out by the CIT would amount to an erroneous order, it is not stated as to how this order is prejudicial to the interest of the Revenue. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... lowed the deduction claimed by the assessee on this account under s. 80HHC, one fails to understand what further inquiries were needed by the AO. (Para 17) Lastly, the observations of the CIT are in respect of the income of ₹ 1.61 crores shown by the assessee on account of variation in exchange rate. The CIT has only observed that in the immediate previous year no such gain was shown and therefore, it needed examination by the AO. However, the moot question would be examination for what purpose ? It is an income shown by the assessee. Whether the CIT was of the opinion that there was no such income or he was nurturing an impression that income on this account as shown was lesser ? There is no such indication in the order. The CIT also does not at all state as to what was the reason for doubting the income offered by the assessee. Even if it is found that part of such income was claimed as deduction under s. 80HHC, no benefit enured to the assessee on this account as claim under s. 80HHC was fully disallowed by the AO. It is not at all observed as to how the order of the AO on this account was erroneous and further as to how it was prejudicial to the interest of the Reven ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... CIT to exercise his revision jurisdiction in case the Assessing Officer has taken one of the possible view, we proceed to deal with the relevant facts of the case. It has come on record that the Assessing Officer had issued sec. 133(6) letter / notice to the M/s SHCL during the course of scrutiny which stood adequately replied in assessee s favour. Coupled with this, all the relevant factual details in support of the assessee s share purchase document, contract notes, bank statement, (supra) already in the case records. Coupled with this, Learned CIT-DR fails to rebut the clinching fact that although the PCIT s detailed discussion extracted in the preceding paragraphs has sought to make out a case of artificial price rigging between the assessee, promoters entry operators of the entity in light of Ministry of Finance s letter dated 24.07.2015 figures, there is not even an iota of material quoted against the assessee to have been engaged in all the foregoing artificial price rigging. We are observing in view of all these facts that the Assessing Officer had rightly accepted the assessee s LTCG keeping in making the overwhelming evidence forming part of records. This tribunal s ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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