Commissioner of Income-tax-­10 v. Aarti Industries Ltd
[Citation -2017-LL-0628-1]

Citation 2017-LL-0628-1
Appellant Name Commissioner of Income-tax-­10
Respondent Name Aarti Industries Ltd.
Court HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY
Relevant Act Income-tax
Date of Order 28/06/2017
Judgment View Judgment
Keyword Tags long term capital loss • question of law • quantum appeal • wrong claim • imposition of penalty • inadmissibility of deduction
Bot Summary: PER COURT : 1 The Revenue assails the order of the Tribunal on following grounds; 6.1 Whether on the facts and in the circumstances of the case and in l aw, the Hon'ble Tribunal was right in deleting penalty imposed by the Assessing Officer and confirmed by the CIT(A) u/s.271(1)(c). 6.2 Whether on the facts and in the circumstances of the case and in law, the Tribunal was justified in deleting penalty on the deduction claimed u/s 35(2AB), when the Company had filed inaccurate particulars in that it did not receive the necessary approval before the filing of the return wherein the claim was made. 1/3 ::: Uploaded on - 29/06/2017 ::: Downloaded on - 29/06/2017 17:24:10 ::: osk 102 ITXA 324 2014.odt 6.3 Whether on the facts and in the circumstances of the case and in law, the Tribunal was in error in deleting penalty imposed by the AO on a wrong claim made by claiming long term capital loss when the Company was not entitled for the same. 4 We have gone through the order passed by the Tribunal and have also considered the contentions raised by the learned counsel for respective parties. 5 The Tribunal has observed that the Assessee had declared 2/3 ::: Uploaded on - 29/06/2017 ::: Downloaded on - 29/06/2017 17:24:10 ::: osk 102 ITXA 324 2014.odt all the particulars in the return itself. The addition made by the Assessing Officer has been set aside by the Tribunal. The Tribunal has restored the issue relating to levy of concealment penalty with regard to the file of the Assessing Officer with direction to re adjudicate the same after deciding the quantum.


IN HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION INCOME TAX APPEAL NO. 324 OF 2014 Commissioner of Income Tax 10 Appellant V/s. M/s. Aarti Industries Ltd. Respondent Mr.Arvind Pinto for Appellant. Mr.Rahul Hakani for Respondent. CORAM : S.V. GANGAPURWALA AND A.M. BADAR, JJ. DATE : 28 JUNE, 2017. PER COURT : 1] Revenue assails order of Tribunal on following grounds; 6.1 Whether on facts and in circumstances of case and in l aw, Hon'ble Tribunal was right in deleting penalty imposed by Assessing Officer and confirmed by CIT(A) u/s.271(1)(c). 6.2 Whether on facts and in circumstances of case and in law, Tribunal was justified in deleting penalty on deduction claimed u/s 35(2AB), when Company had filed inaccurate particulars in that it did not receive necessary approval before filing of return wherein claim was made. 1/3 ::: Uploaded on - 29/06/2017 ::: Downloaded on - 29/06/2017 17:24:10 ::: osk 102 ITXA 324 2014.odt 6.3 Whether on facts and in circumstances of case and in law, Tribunal was in error in deleting penalty imposed by AO on wrong claim made by claiming long term capital loss when Company was not entitled for same. 2] Mr.Pinto, learned counsel for Revenue submits that when company had filed inaccurate particulars, in that, he did not receive necessary approval before filing of return, when any claim was made. Tribunal was not justified in setting aside order imposing penalty. When penalty was imposed, Commissioner had upheld order of Assessing Officer and it is subsequently only Tribunal had deleted said addition. learned counsel submits that Assessee had made wrong claim, claiming long term capital when company was not entitled to. 3] Learned counsel for Respondents supports impugned order. 4] We have gone through order passed by Tribunal and have also considered contentions raised by learned counsel for respective parties. 5] Tribunal has observed that Assessee had declared 2/3 ::: Uploaded on - 29/06/2017 ::: Downloaded on - 29/06/2017 17:24:10 ::: osk 102 ITXA 324 2014.odt all particulars in return itself. addition made by Assessing Officer has been set aside by Tribunal. As such when quantum Appeal of Assessee was allowed, order of penalty on it cannot be sustained. Tribunal has restored issue relating to levy of concealment penalty with regard to file of Assessing Officer with direction to re adjudicate same after deciding quantum. 6] Tribunal has considered all relevant aspects of matter. 7] Considering aforesaid, no substantial question of law arises. As such, Appeal is dismissed. No costs. (A.M. BADAR, J.) (S.V. GANGAPURWALA, J.) CommissionerofIncome-tax-10 v. AartiIndustriesLtd
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