Remand under s.254 upholds reassessment for s.80JJA deductions; s.68 addition struck, matter remitted to AO

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....The HC upheld the Tribunal's remand to the AO for fresh adjudication on the assessee's entitlement to deductions under s.80JJA for AYs 2007-08 and 2008-09, finding no infirmity warranting rectification of the Tribunal's order and affirming the Tribunal's power under s.254 to remit for reconsideration; the Court noted that the claim under s.80JJA could not be arbitrarily disallowed where it had been allowed in earlier years on identical facts. Separately, the HC found the addition u/s 68 unsustainable on the record, observed that bank payments and confirmations substantiated the sundry creditors, and remitted the matter to the AO for de novo assessment.....