2025 (7) TMI 1306
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....- under Section 69A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, without properly appreciating the source of investment and documentary evidence submitted by the appellant. The addition has been sustained solely on presumptions and conjectures, which is unsustainable in law. 2. The learned CIT(A) erred in affirming the order of the Assessing Officer (AO) without properly considering the submissions, documentary evidence, and legal contentions submitted by the appellant, thereby violating the principles of natural justice. 3. The learned CIT(A) erred in rejecting the additional evidence submitted by the appellant solely on the ground that the AO did not comment on it, without conducting an independent verification or recording proper reaso....
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....ding the source of investment in the said property the assessee has replied that the investment in the property has been made out of sales proceeds of a land at Indore in July, 2013 for Rs. 1,60,05,000/-. It is pertinent to mention here that the assessee has not filed any documentary evidence regarding the sale of land has claimed by her. Further it is found-that the assessee has not filed any return of income for the A.Y.14-15 as a result of which she failed to disclose the sale of land at Indore for Rs. 1,60,05,000/- as well as she failed to pay the capital gain, if any arised on the sale of land at Indore. So far as the claim of the assessee that she had availed exemption under section 54F on the sale of above Land at Indore is baseless ....
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....03/2021 to file ITR for the year under consideration in response to which appellant filed ITR on 30/04/2021 declaring Nil income. Thereafter Notice u/s.143(2) dated 14/10/2021 issued to file reply. Thereafter Notice u/s.142(1) was issued alongwith questionnaire, whereby, the appellant was asked to submit source of investment regarding purchase of land of Rs. 2,78,87,860/- in response to which it had been submitted that the same was made out of sale proceeds of land at Indore in july,2013 for Rs. 1,60,05,000/-. However no documentary evidence regarding sale of land was submitted. Further it was also found that the appellant had failed to filed ITR for the A.Y 2014-15 as a result of which capital gain of the said land could not be ascertained....
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.... the period of 90 days from the date of their decision, I have no other alternative but to decide the case on merit. I have carefully gone through the order of the AO as well as the submission made by the appellant. It is observed that the AO in his order had stated that the appellant had failed to file ITR for the year under consideration within the due date. Later the said 1TR was filed only in response to notice U/s 148 of the Act declaring nil income. The AC ores of the view that since the appellant had filed her ITR declaring rill income, the plea of the appellant that she had availed exemption u/s.54F on the sale of land at Indore during the year under consideration was baseless because for claiming, exemption one has to file....
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....e Act for the year under consideration by the assessee. The Ld. Counsel further submitted that since huge demand has been made due to non placing the relevant documents on record, therefore, in the interest of natural justice one opportunity may be provided. 5. The Ld. Sr. DR conceded to the prayer of the Ld. Counsel for the assessee. 6. Having heard the parties herein and considering the documents/material available on record, we are of the considered view that one final opportunity should be provided to the assessee so that the matter is revisited at the level of the Ld. CIT(Appeals)/NFAC and the assessee can demonstrate through the documentary evidence justifying her claim of exemption u/s. 54F of the Act. That as evident from the ....


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