Penalties u/ss 271D and 271E not sustainable as assessee shows reasonable cause for using journal entries.

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....Penalty u/s. 271D - assessee has repaid loans/ deposits from various sister concerns through journal entries, i.e., otherwise than account payee cheques/draft - though the assessee has violated the provisions of ss. 269SS/269T of the Act in respect of journal entries, the assessee has shown reasonable cause and, therefore, the penalty imposed u/s 271D/271E of the Act are not sustainable. - AT....