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2022 (12) TMI 443
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....er. 3. The first identical issue involved in these appeals is as to whether the Ld.CIT(A) was justified in confirming the action of the Ld.Assessing Officer (Ld.AO) in making an addition under section 69 of the Act in respect of purchase price of the shares of Sacheta Metals Ltd, in the facts and circumstances of the instant case. 4. We have heard the rival submissions and perused the materials available on record. The assessee is an individual and has filed his return of income for the assessment year 2005-06 on 11/08/2005 which was duly processed under section 143(1) of the Act. Later, his assessment was sought to be reopened by issuance of notice under section 148 of the Act based on some information received from DDIT(Inv.), Mumbai on....
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....se of re-assessment proceedings, a statement was recorded by the Assessing Officer under section 131 of the Act. In response to the question No.4 thereon, the assessee had categorically stated that payment for purchase of shares was made by him through account payee cheque in A.Y. 2006-07. The relevant operative portion of the questions raised by the Ld.AO, while recording statement under section 131 of the Act and replies given thereon by the assessee are reproduced hereunder for the sake of convenience:- "Q4. We have got information that during the course of search & se u/s 132 of the IT Act in the case of Mahasagar Securities Pvt. Lt on 25-11- 2009 by DDIT(Invg)Unit-l(IV) . It was revealed that Mahasagar securities P Ltd and its relate....
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....herefore transaction dt 30-03-2005 will be taken for FY 2005-06 pertaining to AY 2006-07. We are hereby submitting copy of BSE settlement for last 6 Years, transaction done on last 2 days of March considered to the next FY. Q-7 As per mercantile method of accounting followed by you the transaction for FY 2004-05 covers the period 1-04-2004 to 31-03-2005 as per IT Act. Please explain why the BSE rules should be followed by this Dept for the transaction covered in FY 2005-06? Please explain. A-7 It is easy for us to maintain and tally accounts that why BSE rules are followed. Q-8 The said transaction is not reflected in FY 2004-05 and AY 2005-06 Also explain whether the payment was made by cash or cheques. Produce proof of the sam....
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...." 6. The Ld.AO observed that since assessee had purchased the shares from a broker entity belonging to Shri Mukesh Choksi group, the transactions of purchase of shares was concluded to be bogus. He also observed that assessee had indeed made purchase of shares of Sacheta Metals Ltd in A.Y. 2005-06 itself, completely ignoring the contentions of the assessee regarding the settlement rules of Bombay Stock Exchange. Accordingly, he added the value of purchase of shares as unexplained investment under section 69 of the Act for the assessment year 2005-06. This action of the Ld.AO was upheld by the Ld.CIT(A). 7. At the outset, we find that assessee had made the purchase of share of Sacheta Metals Ltd only in A.Y. 2006-07 in accordance with set....
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....es of Sacheta Metals Ltd during A.Y. 2006-07 and had sold the entire shareholding through Bonanza Stock Broker Pvt Ltd. The sale proceeds received on sale of shares were duly offered by the assessee as business income as he is engaged in the business of share trading. It is not the case of the Revenue that the sale proceeds received by the assessee on sale of shares is bogus wherein the nature and source of receipts is not established. Absolutely no discrepancy was pointed out by the Revenue in both the years as far as the scrip, i.e. Sacheta Metals Ltd is concerned. The only grievance of the Revenue is that assessee had made purchase of shares of Sacheta Metals Ltd through a broker, Alliance Intermediateries and Network Pvt Ltd, which happ....
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....ker entity belonging to Shri Mukesh Chokshi group, the Ld.AO concluded that the said transaction of purchase is bogus and accordingly made addition under section 69 of the Act in A.Y. 2006-07. Here also, the assessee had made purchase by making payment by account payee cheques out of sources drawn from his bank statement. The shares have been duly dematerialised as is evident from the DEMAT statement. These shares were subsequently sold in 2 tranches by the assessee through the registered stock broker, Bonanza Stock Brokers Ltd and gains arising thereon were offered to tax by the assessee as business income. In our considered opinion, both the purchase and sale of shares stood properly explained in the instant case and our observations made....