Unexplained Investment u/s 68 instead of u/s 69 - there is total ...

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March 18, 2021

Unexplained Investment u/s 68 instead of u/s 69 - there is total lack of application of mind, the Assessing Officer had not formed the opinion objectively with reference to any material on record and is merely based on the surmises and conjectures. We fail to understand as to why the Assessing Officer, having rightly taken note of the correct legal position governing the credits in the bank account i.e. he had chosen to bring the same to tax u/s 68 of the Act instead of section 69 of the Act. This itself goes to show the mala-fides on the part of the Assessing Officer, perhaps he intends to assess to tax in the hands of the appellant under more vigorous the provisions of section 68 of the Act than provisions of section 69 - AT

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