Penalty u/s 271D or 271E - Penalty u/s.271D or 271E of the Act...

Penalty u/s 271D or 271E - Penalty u/s.271D or 271E of the Act is concerned, those are independent proceedings and having nothing to do with assessment proceedings or its outcome - CIT(A) was not justified in cancelling the orders imposing penalty on the ground that the assessment proceedings, during the course of which, penalty u/s.271D and 271E of the Act were initiated have been held to be invalid. Apart from the fact that the order holding the assessments to be invalid has not become final, the CIT(A) ought not to have cancelled the orders imposing penalty on this ground. - AT

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