AO Must Record Satisfaction u/s 271(1)(c) for Penalty; Omission Blocks Penalties for Undocumented Additions.

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....Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) - non recording of satisfaction - When satisfaction for initiation of penalty proceedings u/s 271(1)(c) of IT Act is recorded by the AO in assessment order in respect of certain additions and not recorded in respect of certain other additions; it acts as a bar against levy of penalty U/s 271(1)(c) in respect of those additions in respect of which such satisfaction was not recorded in the assessment order or during the assessment proceedings....