Court Rules Insufficient Evidence to Prove Violation of Section 269SS; Penalty u/s 271D Not Justified.

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....Levy of penalty u/s. 271D - violation of the provisions of Section 269SS - The entire case of the Revenue rests on interpreting the entries in a diary found during search as relating to cash receipts from customers, on the basis of one of the entry having CHQ mentioned against it matching with a bank entry the same day. Treating this entry to be representative of the rest of the entries, the Revenue held that the entries related to business receipts in lacs and in the absence of CHQ mentioned against the entry it was presumed to be receipts in cash. - the same is not sufficient to strictly establish the violation of section 269SS of the Act, of the assessee having received amounts in cash exceeding ₹ 20,000/- from a person on account of sale of flats, so as to attract levy of penalty u/s 271D of the Act. - AT....