2016 (6) TMI 1477

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....hese two appeals - one against the quantum order and the other against the penalty order - relate to assessment year 2001-02. ITA No.1725/Del/2012 is a recalled matter inasmuch as the earlier ex parte order passed by the Tribunal was subsequently recalled vide its later order dated 8.6.2016. Since both the appeals are based on similar facts, I am proceeding to dispose them off by this consolidated....

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....chasing 1,80,000 shares at par. It was explained that the said company was about to come out with public issue, but, eventually, did not due to market conditions. The AO did not accept the assessee's contention of having held the shares as stock-in-trade because the assessee company had never dealt with the shares since its incorporation. Since the assessee invested all surplus funds as per the as....

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....account of decline in the value of `investment' as at the year end. I, therefore, approve the view taken by the authorities below. 4. In the result, the quantum appeal is dismissed. 5. As regards the penalty appeal, it is found that the AO imposed penalty u/s 271(1)(c) in respect of disallowance of Rs.1,80,000/-. The facts narrated above evidently prove that the assessee claimed deduction fo....