Commissioner of Income-tax v. Smt. Yashoda Shetty / Sudheer Prasad Shetty
[Citation -2014-LL-1010-89]
Citation | 2014-LL-1010-89 |
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Appellant Name | Commissioner of Income-tax |
Respondent Name | Smt. Yashoda Shetty / Sudheer Prasad Shetty |
Court | HC |
Date of Order | 10/10/2014 |
Judgment | View Judgment |
Keyword Tags | regular assessment • search proceedings • undisclosed income • business premises • unaccounted sales • block assessment • savings bank • panchnama |
Bot Summary: | JUDGMENT The judgment of the court was delivered by N. Kumar J.-The Revenue has preferred these appeals against the order passed by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal All these appeals are preferred against the common order passed by the Tribunal where a common question of law is involved. The common substantial question of law which is framed in this appeal is as under:- Whether the Tribunal was correct in holding that after the search and in the consequential survey it was discovered that the assessee had adopted a modus operandi where there was separation of sales which could be brought to tax in regular assessments and not in block assessment A search under section 132 of the Income-tax Act was conducted on September 12, 2002, in the residential premises of the assessee. As per the copy of the panchnama dated October 7, 2002, an order under section 132(3) was passed wherein inventorised jewellery was kept in the safe locker under the master bedroom of the assessee. The jewellery which was kept under the custody of the assessee was also inventorised. The Tribunal upholding the order of the appellate authority after referring to the various judgments and after noticing section 158BB prior to the amendment and subsequent to the amendment held the income computed in the hands of the assessee as undisclosed income could not have been taxed under the block assessment and the same has to be considered for regular assessment. On the basis of the incriminating material found in the course of survey merely because the same was put to the assessee and his statement was recorded subsequent to the search, the same cannot be held to be relatable to the assessee. The substantial question of law is answered in favour of the assessee and against the Revenue. |