TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2017 (3) TMI 577
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....ssessment year 2007-08. Shri Asim Choudhury, Ld. Authorized Representative appeared on behalf of assessee and Shri Dulal Chandra Mondal Ld Departmental Representative represented on behalf of Revenue. 2. Facts in brief are that assessee in the present case is an individual and derives his income from source of salary. The assessee for the year under consideration has filed his return of income declaring total income of Rs. 5,85,470/-. Thereafter case was selected under scrutiny on the basis of AIR and consequently notice u/s. 143(2) was served upon assessee. The assessment was framed u/s. 144 of the Act at a total income of Rs.13,60,430/- after treating the investment with Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd. (RECL for short) for Rs....
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....he first holders was issued the PAN on the date of impugned investment. However, Ld. CIT(A) observed that none of the person who claimed to have made the investment was the man of means for such huge investment. Accordingly, after considering the submission of assessee granted partly relief to assessee by observing as under:- "...Under the facts and the circumstances of the case, the creditworthiness of Sri Swapan Kumar Dutta dnd Smt. Urnima De are not acceptable. Creditworthiness of Smt. Angur Bala De, to the extent of cash deposited in her account, is also not acceptable. As the appellant has actively facilitated the investments made in mutual fund units by giving his PAN and also providing logistical support. It is possible that he....
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....t possible for the assessee to provide all supporting such details. In any event even though it has been accepted by the CIT(A) that the amount was accumulated over a period of time and the same could not be the fund of the assessee. 6. For that the order of the CIT(A) is perverse and erroneous in as such as none of the facts has been appreciated and even making false aspersions as of the fact that PAN numbers were obtained subsequent to the investment. 7. For that the CIT(A) erred in law and on facts to hold that the creditworthiness of the assessee in making investment was not proved and also erred in law not to appreciate the fact that since there was no amount credited in the books f the assessee creditworthiness under no circumst....
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..... Ld. AR for the assessee before us submitted paper book which is running pages 1 to 51 and stated that in all the investments, he is just second holder of investments. His name was given as second holder so that in the event of any mishappening to the first holder the money can be kept safe. Ld. AR in support of his claim submitted the copies of investment where his name was shown as second holder of the investment. Ld. AR further submitted the copies of bank statements which are placed on pages 37 to 41 of the paper book and stated that reasonable opportunity was not provided by AO at the time of assessment proceedings. Ld. AR also submitted that addition sustained in the hands of assessee on surmise and conjecture by Ld. CIT(A) which can....
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....T(A) himself is not sure enough to hold whether the investment in the instant case, was made by assessee. Therefore, in our considered view, the addition cannot sustain on the basis of his surmise and conjecture. Moreover, the parties have given their affidavits and bank statements to justify the source of investment. In this connection, we rely in the case of ITO V. Praveen Ramkrishna Upganlawar (2005) 142 taxman 76 (Nagpur) (MAG) and relevant extract is reproduced below: "7.Under section 69, if the assessee has made any investment which is not recorded in the books of account and no explanation is offered about the nature and source of investment, the value of the investment may be deemed to be the income of the assessee. Under section....