Revised return claiming Section 11 exemption deemed defective due to manual filing after e-filing original return.

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....Exemption u/s 11 - Admittedly, the claim of exemption was made in the revised return filed within the statutory time limit but was treated as defective only on flimsy ground that once the original return is e-filed, the revised return cannot be filed manually during assessment proceedings. Not claiming exemption in the original return, though otherwise legally admissible on facts cannot be fatal when the assessee did claim exemption in the revised return - AT....