Non-resident share premium remains capital receipt; reassessment cannot shift from alleged share sale to uncommunicated genuineness objections.

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....Share premium received on a fresh issue of equity shares to a non-resident shareholder is treated as a capital-account receipt rather than taxable income, unless another charging provision applies. The limited statutory rule taxing excess premium over fair market value is identified as applying to premiums received from residents. Reassessment based on an alleged sale of shares is unsustainable where the record instead shows a fresh allotment. Introducing an uncommunicated objection to the genuineness of the issue without allowing a response breaches natural justice, particularly where no fresh tangible material supports the shift. CBDT instructions governing capital-account share premium bind field officers.....