Assessing Officer Must Justify Reopening Tax Assessment with Clear, Recorded Reasons; Affidavits Not Permitted.

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....Validity of reopening of assessment u/s 147 - Reasons to believe - The Assessing Officer, in the event of challenge to the reasons, must be able to justify the same based on material available on record. He must disclose in the reasons as to which fact or material was not disclosed by the assessee fully and truly necessary for assessment of that assessment year, so as to establish vital link between the reasons and evidence. The reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer cannot be supplemented by filing affidavit or making oral submission. - AT....