Validity of Reopening of assessment u/s 147 - When pursuant to...

Validity of Reopening of assessment u/s 147 - When pursuant to an information received from the Assistant Director of Income Tax (Inv.), Unit-3 (3), Kolkata, the assessing officer has conducted an investigation, has gone through the income tax return and other related documents of the assessee and has observed that the assessee is a beneficiary of receiving bogus accommodation entries and he has found a reason to believe that the income has escaped assessment in respect of the assessee, we do not find any force in the submission made on behalf of the petitioner that the assessing officer has acted on a report of the Assistant Director of Income Tax (Inv.), Unit-3 (3), Kolkata and he has not recorded his own reasons to believe, and thus the same is rejected. - HC