Assessment Reopening Requires Tangible Evidence, Not Audit Opinion, Says Court on AO's Belief.

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....The action of reopening of assessment can be resorted to by the AO only if he has tangible material at his command to form a reasonable belief that income chargeable to tax had escaped assessment. Such belief of the AO cannot be substituted by that of the opinion of the audit party - HC....