Reopening Tax Assessment on Audit Objection Alone Violates Finality, Says High Court on Section 194C.

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....Reopening of assessment - Non deduction of TDS u/s 194C - reliance on audit objection - it is evident from the assessment order that the AO had already scrutinized the expenses claimed by the assessee during the original assessment. While so, reopening the assessment solely on the basis of an audit objection amounts to a clear case of change of opinion, as observed by the Tribunal. - HC....