Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) Challenged Due to Defective Notice; Lack of Specificity Undermines Validity.

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....Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) - Defective notice u/s 274 - non specification of charge - AO has miserably failed to specify in the notice issued under section 274 read with 271(l)(c) of the Act, "as to whether the assessee has concealed the particulars of his income or has furnished inaccurate particulars of such income”, and also merely making a claim which is not sustainable in law by itself, as in the present case, assessee’s expenditure has been disallowed by the AO, would not amount to furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income - AT....