Assessing Officers must justify deviations from previous year's approach; res judicata doesn't apply, but consistency does.

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....It is true that principles of res judicata do not apply to income tax proceedings, but principles of consistency apply. So, if an AO wants to deviate from the path followed in the earlier year, he has to give reasons for it. - AT....