CIT Uses Section 263 to Revise Assessment; PCIT Highlights Need for Significant Oversight to Exercise Revisional Powers.

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....Revision u/s 263 by CIT - as per CIT AO had failed to verify applicability of the provisions of Section 56(2)(viia) - As far as the invocation of Explanation 2 to Section 263 by PCIT in the present case is concerned, we are of the view that only in a very gross case of inadequacy in inquiry or where inquiry is per se mandated on the basis of record available before the AO and such inquiry was not conducted, the revisional power so conferred can be exercised to invalidate the action of AO. - AT....