Disallowance of various expenses - increase in expenses despite...

Disallowance of various expenses - increase in expenses despite decrease in turnover compared to previous year - it is an admitted position that the details of the accounts provided by the assessee were duly audited. Thus, merely because the assessee could not produce the accounts of the immediately preceding year, which was destroyed in 1998 flood, it cannot be said that the assessee offered no explanation or no evidence in support of his case. - HC