Court Supports Reopening Tax Assessment u/s 147 Due to Data Discrepancy; High Court Limits Writ Review.

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....Reopening of assessment u/s 147 - huge difference between data reflected in Form 26AS and assessee's statement - The grounds placed before this Court for reopening of assessment is “sufficient reason” to believe that there is escapement of income and the “sufficiency” of the reasons cannot be gone into by the High Court in a writ proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The contents of the breakup details, evidences, documents, invoices etc., have to be adjudicated during the course of hearing and certainly, not by the High Court in a writ proceedings - HC....