Section 127L: "Any Other Matter" Bars Assessee from Settlement Commission in Three Specific Situations for Integrity.

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....Bar on application before the settlement commission - scope of the term 'any other matter' u/s 127L - The phrase 'any other matter', in my considered view, would bar an assessee from approaching the Settlement Commission ever, in the three situations set out under clauses (i) (ii) & (iii) in Section 127L(1). This is by way of a caution/deterent, to ensure that an assessee who approaches the Settlement Commission comes with a full and true disclosure placing all cards on the table in the spirit in which that Chapter must be seen to apply. - HC....