The Pr. Commissioner of Income-tax-9 v. Vam-Hi-Fashion Garments Pvt. Ltd
[Citation -2017-LL-0704-8]

Citation 2017-LL-0704-8
Appellant Name The Pr. Commissioner of Income-tax-9
Respondent Name Vam-Hi-Fashion Garments Pvt. Ltd.
Court HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Relevant Act Income-tax
Date of Order 04/07/2017
Assessment Year 2010-11
Judgment View Judgment
Keyword Tags issue of share • share capital • equity share
Bot Summary: For the AY in question, one of the issues considered was the identity, genuineness and creditworthiness of the Investor, Mr. Suveer Arora, who purportedly purchased shares worth Rs. 3,10,00,000/- of the Assessee company, which constituted 24 of the equity share capital. In support of the above stand of the Assessee, the following documents were produced in the course of the assessment proceedings :- a. Confirmation from Mr. Suveer Arora b. Copy of PAN Card of Mr. Suveer Arora. d. Copy of Form No.2 regarding allotment of shares e. Copy of Passport of Mr. Suveer Arora f. Copy of Income Tax Return and assessment order passed u/s. The following two other documents were also considered by the CIT: g. Copy of letter dated 14th February 2013 during the assessment proceedings in the case of Mr. Suveer Arora in respect to issue of share capital to assessee. It must be pointed out that the assessment of Mr. Suveer Arora for the same AY was completed under Section 143(3) of the Act. In response to the query from the Court, Mr. Bhatia confirmed that the ITA 833/2016 Page 2 of 3 assessment order passed in the case of Mr. Suveer Arora under Section 143(3) of the Act was not re-opened by the Revenue by invoking Section 263 of the Act. In the circumstances, the mere fact that Mr. Suveer Arora was not produced by the Assessee before the AO for examination will not detract from the identity, genuineness and creditworthiness of the Investor.


IN HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI ITA 833/2016 PR. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX-9 ..... Appellant Through : Mr. Ruchir Bhatia, Senior Standing Counsel. versus VAM -HI-FASHION GARMENTS PVT. LTD. ..... Respondent Through : Mr. Satyen Sethi, Mr. Arta Trana Panda & Ms. Gargi Sethee, Advocates. CORAM: JUSTICE S.MURALIDHAR JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH ORDER 04.07.2017 CM APPL. No. 43457/2016 (delay in filing) 1. For reasons stated therein, this application is allowed. delay in filing appeal is condoned. ITA 833/2016 2. This is appeal by Revenue under Section 260A of Income Tax Act, 1961 ( Act ) against order dated 21st March, 2016 passed by Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ( ITAT ) in ITA No. 494/DEL/2016 for Assessment Year ( AY ) 2010-11. 3. While admitting appeal on 20th December, 2016, this Court framed following question of law:- ITA 833/2016 Page 1 of 3 Did ITAT fall into error in regard to its interpretation of Section 68 of Income Tax Act, 1961 so far as sum of Rs. 3.10 crores in issue is concerned? 4. For AY in question, one of issues considered was identity, genuineness and creditworthiness of Investor, Mr. Suveer Arora, who purportedly purchased shares worth Rs. 3,10,00,000/- of Assessee company, which constituted 24% of equity share capital. In support of above stand of Assessee, following documents were produced in course of assessment proceedings :- a. Confirmation from Mr. Suveer Arora b. Copy of PAN Card of Mr. Suveer Arora . c. Copy of Bank Statement showing investment made and source thereof. d. Copy of Form No.2 regarding allotment of shares e. Copy of Passport of Mr. Suveer Arora f. Copy of Income Tax Return and assessment order passed u/s. 143(3) for A.Y. 2010-11. 5. following two other documents were also considered by CIT (A): g. Copy of letter dated 14th February 2013 during assessment proceedings in case of Mr. Suveer Arora in respect to issue of share capital to assessee. h. Affidavit of Mr. Suveer Arora. 6. It must be pointed out that assessment of Mr. Suveer Arora for same AY was completed under Section 143(3) of Act. After considering all of above documents, ITAT came to conclusion that there was no ground to dispute genuineness of investment. 7. In response to query from Court, Mr. Bhatia confirmed that ITA 833/2016 Page 2 of 3 assessment order passed in case of Mr. Suveer Arora under Section 143(3) of Act was not re-opened by Revenue by invoking Section 263 of Act. In circumstances, mere fact that Mr. Suveer Arora was not produced by Assessee before AO for examination will not detract from identity, genuineness and creditworthiness of Investor. 8. conclusion reached by ITAT cannot be said to be suffering from any legal infirmity. question framed is, accordingly, answered in negative, i.e. in favour of Assessee and against Revenue. 9. appeal is dismissed. S.MURALIDHAR, J PRATHIBA M. SINGH, J JULY 04, 2017 dk ITA 833/2016 Page 3 of 3 Pr. Commissioner of Income-tax-9 v. Vam-Hi-Fashion Garments Pvt. Ltd
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