Procedure by a written show-cause notice to prove the nature and source of the cash credits.

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.... in adding loans as income other benches have taken a contrary view. The department has failed because of the faulty procedure followed in dealing with the evidence. The fault lies in admitting uncorroborated Hundis Khokas affidavits and confirmatory letters as evidence and in the ITO taking upon himself the onus proving the case credits as income by summoning the alleged lenders. 2. The onus of ....

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....mon the alleged lender on his own initiative but after in writing to summon him and should do so if the assessee makes a request to that effect. The assessees failure to produce or to apply for summmoning the alleged lender will be valid ground for the ITO to reject the hundis khokas the affidavit or the confirmatory letter as inadmissible evidence after recording the fact on the document in the o....