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Issues: Whether penalty for concealment of net wealth was leviable under section 18(1)(c) of the Wealth-tax Act, 1957, where the assessee was only a nominee under a life insurance policy, the property did not belong to her exclusively, and there was no material to show conscious concealment.
Analysis: The assessable amount arose on the death of the son, but succession was governed by the Hindu Succession Act and the nominee did not acquire beneficial ownership merely by nomination. The facts showed that the assessee was not the sole beneficiary and there was no material to prove that she had knowledge of the true legal position or of any obligation to disclose the amounts as her exclusive wealth. In penalty proceedings, concealment must be established by the department, and such proceedings are penal and quasi-judicial in character. Concealment presupposes knowledge and a deliberate act designed to prevent discovery; on the record, that element was absent.
Conclusion: Penalty under section 18(1)(c) was not leviable, and the deletion of the penalty was upheld in favour of the assessee.
Ratio Decidendi: In penalty proceedings for concealment, the revenue must prove conscious concealment with knowledge and a deliberate intent to suppress material facts; where the assessee is only a nominee and lacks beneficial ownership or knowledge, penalty is not sustainable.
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