Decoding seized numerical entries requires reasoned evidentiary support; unsupported multipliers fail, while duplicate taxation and financial incapacity defeat additions.

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....Numerical entries in seized records may be read by appending zeros only where the interpretation is supported by the nature of the entries and surrounding material. The High Court restored the addition based on the Commissioner (Appeals)' reasoned interpretation of pages 4 and 5 of Annexure B-3, holding that the Tribunal could not append a single zero after rejecting larger multipliers without reasons. Additions for unexplained investment and undisclosed profit from other rough-diamond entries were deleted because those transactions had already been considered for taxation in another entity's assessment and the assessee lacked financial capacity to conduct the business independently. Revenue appeals were partly allowed.....