TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
1993 (11) TMI 26
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....es of the case, the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal was legally correct to delete the credit appearing in the name of Sri Ratish Chand Gupta?" We have heard learned standing counsel and Sri P. K. Jain, who appeared on behalf of the respondent. Messrs. Sarvodaya Furnishers and Electricals (P.) Ltd., Meerut, the respondent, is a private limited company registered under the Companies Act. The dispute is in respect of the assessment year 1985-86. During the course of the assessment proceedings for that year, the Income-tax Officer noticed certain deposits in the account books of the assessee and one such deposit was of Rs. 50,000 appearing in the name of Ratish Chand Gupta. To substantiate the plea that the deposit in question was genuine and ....
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....e on which the Tribunal rested its decision had not been admitted by the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) which was filed before him. It was contended that the Tribunal could not have relied upon the additional evidence without recording a finding that the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) had erred in rejecting the additional evidence. Moreover, the Tribunal acted upon the additional evidence on its face value without directing any inquiry as to its correctness. On a consideration of the assessment order, we find that the Income-tax Officer has referred to a number of circumstances in support of his conclusion that the deposit in question was not genuine. For instance, we found that there was no past assessment record of the depo....
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....bsequently, he stated that he may have given Rs. 38,000 in cash to Sri Piyush Goel (director of the company) and he may have deposited the amount of Rs. 38,000 in his account. He could not give the details about the source of Rs. 38,000 which was deposited in his account on December 7, 1984. Sri Piyush Goel was a close relation of the depositor. The Income-tax Officer issued a notice to the assessee requiring its reply on the aforesaid matters, but no reply was filed despite two adjournments taken. Before the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals), it appears that some additional evidence was filed but the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) refused to entertain the same. It is not in dispute and it is also apparent from the order of the Inc....
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....idence only, ignoring other essential matters or reaches its conclusion brushing aside the conclusions or the findings recorded by the authorities below without giving any reasons, in such a situation, the findings of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, though of fact, are liable to be interfered with in proceedings under section 256 of the Act. Likewise, where the Tribunal fails to consider the ground of fresh evidence in contravention of rule 46A, the order of the Tribunal will give rise to a question of law. This has been so held by a Division Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in CIT v. Elekchand Jain [1988] 171 ITR 308. In CIT v. Raza Textiles Ltd. [1988] 169 ITR 258, a Division Bench of this court has held that an order of the Inco....