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Issues: Whether income from sales of gold and silver could be treated as having escaped assessment, or as having been assessed at too low a rate, so as to justify reassessment under Section 34.
Analysis: The Commissioner had to prove that income had in fact escaped assessment or had been assessed at too low a rate. A mere later view that the earlier estimate was too low was not enough. Where the original assessing officer had the relevant facts before him and made an estimate on that basis, a subsequent officer could not invoke Section 34 merely because he would have assessed the income differently. On the facts shown, there was no proof that any additional income had been received but left untaxed.
Conclusion: The question was answered in the negative and reassessment under Section 34 was not justified.
Dissenting Opinion: One judge agreed with the result but took a broader view of Section 34, holding that it covers cases where income has been underassessed through an improper allowance, wrong deduction, or low rate, even if the income had earlier been the subject of assessment. On that construction, the section was wide enough to permit revision of the earlier assessment if the statutory conditions were otherwise satisfied.
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