Assessees can introduce new claims during Section 153A(1) proceedings if assessment is abated, per second proviso.

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....In view of the second proviso to Section 153A(1), once assessment gets abated, it is open for the assessee to lodge a new claim in a proceeding under Section 153A(1) which was not claimed in his regular return of income, because assessment was never made/finalised in the case of the assessee in such a situation....