Purchase additions could not be sustained where the taxpayer...

Purchase additions could not be sustained where the taxpayer produced ledgers, invoices, supplier details, registration particulars, bank statements and cheque counterfoils, while undisputed crossed-cheque payments were later realised by third parties. No legal bar then restricted crossed cheques, and the taxpayer could not control their endorsement; absent further inquiry, the High Court restored the first appellate authority's deletion. Wage disallowance based solely on presumed inflation and a doubtful wage register lacked evidentiary support. The High Court set aside the Tribunal's reduced disallowance and restored deletion of both additions; the gross-profit issue remained unanswered.