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Issues: Whether the Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax rightly exercised revisionary jurisdiction under Section 263 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 by treating the assessment for AY 2018-19 as erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of the Revenue (questions included: alleged wrong claim of deductions for car-related expenses and the characterisation of forfeited earnest money deposit).
Analysis: Section 263 permits revision of an assessment only where the assessment is shown to be both erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of the Revenue; factual findings in the assessment record must support such a conclusion. The record shows no return declaring income under Section 44AD nor any claim of the car-related deductions in the original or revised return, so disallowance for those items was not required on the facts. The forfeiture of earnest money deposit arose from recurring participation in coal e-auctions and the e-auction terms provided for forfeiture; invoices recorded the forfeiture as supply-related charges. On the facts, the forfeiture relates to the operation of the business and is revenue in nature rather than capital.
Conclusion: The revision under Section 263 was not sustainable because the twin conditions of being erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of the Revenue were not satisfied: the car-related deductions were not claimed in the returns on record and the forfeited earnest money deposit was revenue in nature. The order passed under Section 263 is quashed and the appeal is allowed in favour of the assessee.
Ratio Decidendi: Revision under Section 263 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 requires demonstrable error in the assessment record that results in prejudice to Revenue; absent such factual error or when a payment is business-related and revenue in nature, Section 263 cannot be validly invoked.
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