Power to receive documentary evidence upheld; documents referred in complaint may be placed on record without amendment where omission was inadvertent...
Proof of foreign public documents requires originals or certified diplomatic/notarial copies; inspection must occur in-magna presence and cross-examin...
Where the assessee's books of account, stock registers and primary records were accepted and not rejected, the article explains that additions treating cash bank deposits as unexplained credits cannot stand absent cogent material displacing the books; the Assessing Officer's reliance on generalized suspicion, timing clusters, third party bank information, survey observations or post facto VAT revisions was held insufficient to rebut the assessee's prima facie explanation. The practical effect emphasised is that accepted and audited books, without specific defect shown by independent inquiry, prevail over speculative or circumstantial indicia when challenging cash deposits.
Where the assessee's books of account, stock registers and primary records were accepted and not rejected, the article explains that additions treating cash bank deposits as unexplained credits cannot stand absent cogent material displacing the books; the Assessing Officer's reliance on generalized suspicion, timing clusters, third party bank information, survey observations or post facto VAT revisions was held insufficient to rebut the assessee's prima facie explanation. The practical effect emphasised is that accepted and audited books, without specific defect shown by independent inquiry, prevail over speculative or circumstantial indicia when challenging cash deposits.
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