Withholding of the refund in terms of Section 241A - Merely...

Withholding of the refund in terms of Section 241A - Merely because in the immediately preceding assessment year 2016-17, the assessee had declared a positive income as against substantial loss declared in the present assessment year, that by itself, cannot be a ground to doubt the contents of the return or the claim of the assessee with respect to the loss suffered - We must deprecate the practice of the department in sending such auto-generated response to the assessees for withholding the refunds.- HC