Tribunal Upholds Full Disallowance of Bogus Purchases Due to Lack of Evidence, Rejects Partial Gross Profit Approach.

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....Bogus purchase bills from certain ‘hawala’ dealers - The Tribunal found the assessee failed to substantiate the genuineness of the purchases from alleged Hawala dealers, with various evidences like returned notices, inability to produce vendors, and lack of stock register verification supporting the Assessing Officer's conclusions. - The Tribunal rejected the assessee's argument for restricting disallowance to a certain percentage of gross profit, emphasizing the absence of concrete evidence like a stock register to establish the actual receipt and sale of goods corresponding to the bogus purchases. - Addition against entire amount of bogus purchase confirmed.....