1963 (12) TMI 18

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....es Tax Act, 1957. It relates to the assessment year 1960-61. 2.. Assessments for the assessment years 1958-59, 1959-60 and 1960-61 were made simultaneously. They were made on the basis of "best judgment", the Commercial Tax Officer having rejected the accounts produced by the assessee. In making the "best judgment" assessment the Commercial Tax Officer adopted the five times of the working expe....

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.... "regarding the appeal for 1960-61 we are of the opinion that no change or modification is needed". Obviously, the Appellate Tribunal forgot the fact that it was the final fact-finding tribunal; it was its duty to go into the facts of the case afresh and decide for itself whether there was justification for rejecting the accounts produced by the assessee, and if the accounts are to be rejected, wh....