Court Examines Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) for Voluntary Income Disclosure in Tax Search Proceedings.

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....Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) - disclosure or admission made u/s 132(4) of the Act during the course of search proceedings - assessee has taken specific plea that no money, bullion or jewellery or income based on any entries in any books of account or other documents for these two assessment years was found during the course of search - AO should have rejected the explanation of the assessee by demonstrating it as incorrect. Rather, the authorities have proceeded on the assumption that had there been no money, bullion, jewellery or income based on entries was not found, the assessee would not have made voluntary disclosure of the income in his returns. - AT....