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December 16, 2021

Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) - Making an incorrect claim in law cannot tantamount to furnishing inaccurate particulars under Section 271(1)(c) of the Act. Mere making of a claim which is not sustainable in law, by itself, will not tantamount to furnishing inaccurate particulars regarding income of the assessee. Merely because, the assessee had claimed an expenditure, which claim was not accepted or was not acceptable to the Revenue, that by itself would not attract the penalty under Section 271(1)(c) of the Act. - HC

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