Shri Ajay Kumar Vs. ITO, Ward-1(1), Bilaspur

Parties Involved

Facts Summary

Shri Ajay Kumar, a Central government employee, filed his return of income for the assessment years 2015-16 and 2016-17, declaring an income of Rs.6,17,630/-. The Assessing Officer (A.O) received information from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), Nagpur, that a case was registered against the assessee for amassing assets disproportionate to his disclosed sources of income. The A.O observed that the assessee had received cash amounts from two separate property sales in a piecemeal manner, which raised suspicion. The A.O initiated proceedings under Section 147 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and determined the assessee's income at Rs.24,91,020/-. The assessee appealed to the Commissioner of Income-Tax (Appeals) and subsequently to the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Raipur Bench.…

Legal Issues

• 1. Validity of jurisdiction assumed by the A.O for initiating proceedings u/s. 147 of the Act.
• 2. Whether the A.O had failed to apply his independent mind to the material/information received from the CBI, ACB, Nagpur.
• 3. Whether the A.O had grossly erred in law and facts of the case in treating the amount of Rs.16,51,000/- as the assessee's unexplained money u/s.69A of the Act.
• 4. Whether the A.O had grossly erred in making/sustaining the addition of Rs.3,05,000/- made by the A.O u/s. 69A of the Act.
• 5. Whether the CIT(Appeals) had passed the order without affording a sufficient opportunity to the assessee.

Judgment Outcome

Decided in favour of Assessee.

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