2023 (4) TMI 466

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

....nd 4 of the assessee read as under:- "3. That under the facts and circumstances, addition of Rs. 10 lacs u/s. 68 for alleged accommodation entry taken from Virgin capital Services (P) Ltd. is illegal, unjustified and unsustainable in law as well as on merits. 4. That in the absence of providing cross examination of relevant persons as specifically requested and also in the absence of confronting with all alleged adverse material, no cognise thereof can be taken for taking an adverse view." 4. Apropos grounds No.3 and 4, the ld. AR submitted that the assessee received share capital of Rs.10 lakh from Virgin Capital Services (P) Ltd., the face value of which was Rs.10 per share issued for Rs.100/- per share after includin....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

....any adverse material or positive adverse evidence against the assessee, the AO made addition in the hands of the assessee without any sustainable basis. 6. The ld. AR further pointed out that to prove the identity of the investor the assessee submitted copy of assessment order, bank account and confirmation and to prove credit worthiness of the investor the assessee successfully proved that the payment has been made through bank account out of sufficient balance and in view of the judgement of the Hon'ble Calcutta High Court in the case of CIT vs. Dataware (P) Ltd, the AO is duty-bound to accept the genuineness of the transaction when the identity of the creditor and genuineness of the transaction through account payee cheque has been es....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

....:- i) M/S. ANDAMAN TIMBER INDUSTRIES 281 CTR 241 (SC); ii) PRADEEP KUMAR GUPTA 207 CTR (DEL) 115; iii) CIT Vs. S.C. SETHI 168 TAXMAN 103 (RAJ); iv) ITO VS. PAWAN KUMAR GUPTA 131 TTJ (DEL.) (UO) 92; & v) CIT Vs. Best Infrastructure (India) Pvt. Ltd. 397 ITR 82 (Del) (121-145/RP-140) 7. The ld. AR submitted that the proposition rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of NRA Iron & Steel Pvt. Ltd., reported as 412 ITR 161 (SC) is not applicable to the present case as, in the present case, the copy of assessment order passed u/s 153C/153A in the case of investor M/s Virgin Capital Services (P) Ltd. for AY 2009-10, no addition has been made and books of account of the assessee as well as ....

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

....e requested to provide documents and statements relied on by the Investigation Wing and the AO. Further, from the copies of the letter dated 26.10.2016 and 17.11.2016, I further note that the assessee again requested to provide copies of the documents and statements and to provide opportunity of cross-examination, but, I am unable to see any action by the AO on the said consecutive three requests of the assessee. 10. I further respectfully note that their Lordships, speaking for the Hon'ble jurisdictional High Court of Delhi in the case of Pradeep Kumar Gupta (supra) held that the assessment proceedings on the basis of deposition of third party without allowing opportunity of cross-examination of the said party to the assessee despite sp....