Penalty u/s. 271(l)(c) - The words may direct that such person...

Penalty u/s. 271(l)(c) - The words may direct that such person shall pay by way of penalty in section 271 leave a certain amount of discretion in imposition of penalty which need not be imposed when there is a minor breach of the law and when having regard do the facts ends of justice require that the assessee should not be penalized. So also where the circumstances of a case establish that the mistake is accidental and inadvertent and there is no material at all to justify any want of bona fide or any gross neglect, imposition of penalty is not justified - AT