The Commissioner of Income­-tax-­8, Mumbai v. Armour Chemicals Limited
[Citation -2017-LL-0607-102]

Citation 2017-LL-0607-102
Appellant Name The Commissioner of Income­-tax-­8, Mumbai
Respondent Name Armour Chemicals Limited
Court HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY
Relevant Act Income-tax
Date of Order 07/06/2017
Judgment View Judgment
Keyword Tags regular assessment • question of law • imposition of penalty • adequate evidence • estimate basis
Bot Summary: CORAM : S.V. GANGAPURWALA AND G.S. KULKARNI, JJ. DATE : 7 JUNE, 2017 PER COURT : The Revenue assails the order of the Tribunal thereby allowing the appeal of the Assessee and dismissing the appeal of the Revenue. The Assessing Officer, after detail analysis and bringing the evidence/ material on record, rejected the books of accounts of the assessee and estimated the profits and said additions had been partly sustained by the Tribunal. In view of that the Tribunal was not justified in deleting the penalty imposed under Section 271 1(c) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. It has been observed by the Tribunal that the impugned assessment was the second round of assessment. In the first round, the CIT had set aside the assessment to be done de novo. In the regular assessment, the findings were based on the findings for the Assessment Year 1994 1995 wherein the books of accounts were rejected and average rate of 3 of net sales and other income was applied. 4 The reason given by the Tribunal is a plausible one.


IN HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION INCOME TAX APPEAL NO.1289 OF 2014 Commissioner of Income Tax 8, Appellant Mumbai. Vs. M/s Armour Chemicals Limited Respondent Mumbai Mr. Arvind Pinto for Appellant. CORAM : S.V . GANGAPURWALA AND G.S. KULKARNI, JJ. DATE : 7 JUNE, 2017 PER COURT : Revenue assails order of Tribunal thereby allowing appeal of Assessee and dismissing appeal of Revenue. dispute is about penalty levied under Section 271 1(c) of Income Tax Act. 2 learned counsel for Appellant states that it is not case where additions had been made purely on estimated basis without reference to any evidence/materials on Dusane 2/2 itxa 1289.2014 record. Assessing Officer, after detail analysis and bringing evidence/ material on record, rejected books of accounts of assessee and estimated profits and said additions had been partly sustained by Tribunal. In view of that Tribunal was not justified in deleting penalty imposed under Section 271 1(c) of Income Tax Act, 1961. 3 We have considered submissions. It has been observed by Tribunal that impugned assessment was second round of assessment. In first round, CIT (A) had set aside assessment to be done de novo. In regular assessment, findings were based on findings for Assessment Year 1994 1995 wherein books of accounts were rejected and average rate of 3% of net sales and other income was applied. It was held by Tribunal that assessment was based on preceding year and in fact, in current year, there was no material, with which Assessing Officer could pin down assessee. 4 reason given by Tribunal is plausible one. In view of that, no substantial question of law arises. appeal is dismissed. No costs. ( G.S. KULKARNI, J.) (S.V. GANGAPURWALA, J.) TheCommissionerofIncome-tax-8, Mumbai v. ArmourChemicalsLimited
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