Assessing Officer Must Use Reasonable Criteria for Best Judgment Assessment; Partial Bank Deposit Additions Unsustainable.

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....Addition u/s 69A - It is settled law that when assessing officer is rejecting the books of account and return of income filed by the assessee the best judgement assessment has to be based upon some reasonable criteria. The same has to be on the basis of rates applicable for earlier income shown by the assessee in the past or that operating in the concerned business. By not adopting any fair rate or estimate of income and adding the bank deposits partly only as undisclosed income or investment is not at all sustainable. - AT....