2023 (6) TMI 226

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.... Junior Standing Counsel ORDER 1. On being mentioned, ITA No.26 of 2023 is taken up by a separate notice and is disposed of along with ITA No.27 of 2023 by this common order. 2. The present appeals by the Revenue is directed against the judgment dated 26th September, 2022 passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Cuttack Bench, Cuttack (ITAT) dismissing the appeals IT(SS)A No.77/CTK/2019 a....

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....order without verifying the contents of the digital evidence marked as BDJC-27 and CWJ-12 which were non digital evidence like loose sheet bunch marked as BDJC-21, which were duly verified and confronted to the assessee before completion of assessment proceedings. 4. This Court has heard the submissions of Mr. Radheshyam Chimanka, learned Senior Standing Counsel for the Revenue. 5. The Assessee....

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....ter, but he was unable to do so. In the remand report, while stating this fact, the AO provided a soft copy of the hard disk and pen-drive to the CIT (A). The ITAT has noted in the impugned order that the AO has simply reproduced the appraisal report and has not undertaken any analysis of the seized materials. Even the hard disk with the working copy was not seen by the AO. The seized material had....