Cost of acquisition in LTCG and seized cash adjustment led to recomputation of capital gains and deletion of interest.

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....Jurisdictional objection under section 124(3) failed because the assessee, after receiving notice and participating in the assessment without protest, was treated as having accepted the AO's territorial jurisdiction. For LTCG computation, the Tribunal held that the cost of acquisition of converted land could not be restricted merely because part of the area was left for roads and drainage; the full claimed cost with indexation had to be allowed. Where seized cash and surrounding material showed receipt of on-money, substitution of declared consideration with valuation-based fair market value was upheld. Interest under sections 234A and 234B was deleted because seized cash available with the Revenue should have been adjusted, while section 234C was confined to any default before seizure.....