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Issues: Whether the reopening of assessment under sections 147 and 148 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 was valid when the recorded reasons indicated only a need for verification and did not disclose a live link between the material relied upon and escapement of income.
Analysis: The recorded reasons stated that capital gains should have been offered and that the amount may not have been offered in the return, which showed only a suspicion or a need for further enquiry. For reopening, the Assessing Officer must have prima facie material leading to a reasonable belief of escapement of income, and the reasons must indicate something more than a possibility of verification. The reasons recorded must themselves show a rational connection and a direct nexus between the material and the belief of escapement; they cannot be supplemented by later justification. On that standard, the recorded reasons did not demonstrate escapement of income, but only contemplated an enquiry to find out whether income had escaped assessment.
Conclusion: The reopening was invalid and the reassessment proceedings were quashed in favour of the assessee.
Ratio Decidendi: Reopening of a completed assessment requires recorded reasons that themselves disclose a rational nexus and live link with escapement of income, and not merely a suspicion or a proposal to make an enquiry.
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