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2019 (8) TMI 1879

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..... ssing Officer's action deleting share capital / share application money of Rs.8,00,000/-, Rs.1,72,41,870 in former and latter case of Rs.10,43,47,500 and Rs.4,43,47,500/- (assessment year-wise); respectively vide following detailed discussion:- "4.2 I have considered the submissions made by the appellant before me. I have also perused the assessment order as well as the remand report sent by the Assessing Officer on this issue. In his remand report the Assessing Officer has simply stated that the addition was made on the basis of findings recorded in the assessment order. He has further stated that he has no objection to the admission of any fresh or additional evidence if it is considered to be relevant for disposal of the issue. Apart from this, the Assessing Officer has not given any comment on certain legal issues raised by the appellant in its written submissions. 4.3 In its written submissions the appellant has raised a legal issue regarding the nature of additions that could be made in an assessment that is to be made u/s. 153A/153C read with section 143(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 in the case of a "non abated assessment". According to the appellant it is now a wel .....

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..... ii) Copies of the appellants statements with the following banks showing the receipt of share capital/application money: (a) HDFC Bank, H.B. Road, Guwahati (b) HDFC Bank, Guwahati (c) Standard Chartered Bank, Guwahati (iii) Copies of Memorandum & Articles of Association and audited balance sheet in respect of corporate shareholders/applicants. (iv) Copies of annual return filed by the appellant showing the list of shareholders. 4.5 A perusal of the case laws relied upon by the appellant show that in the case of a non-abated assessment i.e. where the assessment proceedings have reached finality, the assessments u/s. 153A/153C read with Section 143(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 has to be made as was originally made/assessed and in case where certain incriminating documents have been found indicating undisclosed income, then the addition shall only be restricted to those document/incriminating material and clubbed to the assessment made originally. Thus, the scope of additions to be made in the case of a non-abated assessment is well defined. 4.6 In the case of C.I.T. V/s. Kabul Chawla (supra), Hon'ble Delhi High Court held as follows: At page 589, 590 "Summary .....

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..... f some incriminating material unearthed during the course of search or requisition of documents or undisclosed income or property discovered in the course of search which were not produced or not already disclosed or made known in the course of original assessment." While so holding, Hon'ble Delhi High Court has taken note of the judicial pronouncements made in All Cargo Global Logistics Ltd. V/s. DCIT (supra), C.I.T. V/s. Continental Warehousing Corpn. (Nhava Sheva) Ltd. (supra), Jai Steel (India) V/s. ACIT (supra) and Principal C.I.T. V/s. Kurele Paper Mills (P) Ltd. (supra) and a number of other case laws. 4.7. In the case of Principal C.I.T. V/s. Kurele Paper Mills (P) Ltd. (supra), Hon'ble Delhi High Court held as follows:- At page 572 "1. The Revenue has filed the appeal against an order dated 14.11.2014 passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in 3761/Del/2011 pertaining to the Assessment Year 2002-03. The question was whether the learned CIT (Appeals) had erred in law and on the facts in deleting the addition of Rs.89 lacs made by the Assessing Officer under Section 68 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 ('ACT') on bogus share capital. But, the is .....

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..... ." (ii) that the ratio of the judgment in case of Kabul Chawla (supra) is required to be extracted by perusing the judgment in entirety and not by picking up the favourable sentences and by ignoring the unfavorable one. Highlighted portion of Para 37 (iv), (v), (vi) & (vii) of Kabul Chawla (supra) is crux of the issue involved which is applicable to the facts and circumstances of the case; (ii) that the ratio of the judgment Kabul Chawla (Supra) is that in all circumstances, completed assessment can be interfered with by the AO u/s 153A only on the basis of incriminating material unearthed during the course of search; (iv) that not on this, the addition in this case has been made by the AO u/s 153A on the sole ground that assessee has failed to produce the parties with whom the assessee company has transacted during the year under assessment who have failed to turn up despite the issue of notice u/s 133 (6) of the Act; (v) that the contention of the Id DR that the assessment qua the AY 2006-07 was pending as on date of search as mere issuances of acknowledgement by the ministerial staff does not imply that assessment has been completed, is not tenable in the face of undispu .....

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..... details/documents in support of the share capital /premium: - (i) Chart showing name & address of the shareholders/applicants, No. of shares applied for/allotted face value of shares, premium paid, mode of payment, PAN No., CIN Nos. of the applicant companies. (ii) Copies of the appellant's statements with the following banks showing the receipt of share capita [/application money: - (a) HDFC Bank, Guwahati (iii) Copies of Memorandum & Articles of Association and audited balance sheets in respect of corporate shareholders/applicants, bank statements etc. (iv) Copies of annual return filed by the appellant showing the list of shareholders. A prayer under Rule 46A of the Income Tax Rules, 1961 was made by the appellant for admission of these documents as additional evidence. These documents were sent to the assessing officer while calling for his remand report. As stated above, the Assessing Officer has not objected to the admission of these additional evidences. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, I admit the additional evidences now produced by the appellant as these are required to be admitted for doing substantial justice in the matter. 5.2 The .....

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