Rule 8D Disallowance Limited to Exempt Income; Assessing Authority Must Justify Unacceptability of Taxpayer's Expenditure Apportionment.

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....Assessment u/s 14A r.w.r. 8D - the disallowance under Rule 8D of the IT Rules read with Section 14A of the Act can never exceed the exempted income earned by the Assessee during the particular assessment year and further, without recording the satisfaction by the Assessing Authority that the apportionment of such disallowable expenditure made by the Assessee with respect to the exempted income is not acceptable for reasons to be assigned the Assessing Authority, he cannot resort to the computation method under Rule 8D of the Income Tax Rules, 1962. - HC....