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Issues: Whether the estimation of net profit at 0.70% after rejection of the books of account was justified and whether the appellate order suffered from non-consideration of the record or absence of adjudication on merits.
Analysis: The books of account were found to contain defects, but the appellate authority held that rejection of the books and estimation of income must rest on reasonable and credible material rather than assumptions alone. The estimation of net profit was made by taking the highest net profit rate from the assessee's preceding years and by considering the overall profitability pattern of the assessee's business. The Tribunal found that the appellate order was reasoned, that the assessee failed to produce any material to dislodge the estimate, and that the defects in the books did not by themselves negate the adopted profit estimation once the authorities had applied a rational basis drawn from past results and the facts on record.
Conclusion: The estimation of net profit at 0.70% was upheld and the challenge to the appellate order failed.
Final Conclusion: The appeal was dismissed, and the income estimation made by the appellate authority remained undisturbed.
Ratio Decidendi: Where books of account contain defects, the income may be estimated on a rational basis by relying on past profitability and relevant surrounding circumstances, and such estimation will not be interfered with absent material to show that it is arbitrary or unsupported.
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