DCIT 8(1), MUMBAI V. SURESH GAGGAR(HUF), MUMBAI

ITA 833/MUM/2015

• Counselvise Citation: [2017] 126 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 8623 (ITAT-MUMBAI)
• Duration Of Justice: 2 year(s) 8 month(s) 26 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 02-11-2017
• Appeal Filed By: Department
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: E
• Assessment Year: 2007-2008
• Appeal Filed On: 06-02-2015
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Department Lawyers: VIJAY MEHTADR
• Assessee Lawyers: MANJUNATHA SWAMY
• Keywords: Unexplained investment
• Section: 143(3); 153A; 132

Judgement Text

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, BENCH E, MU MBAI BEFORE SHRI B.R. BASKARAN, ACCOUNTNAT MEMBER AND SHRI PAWAN SINGH, JUDICIAL MEMBER ITA NO. 833/MUM/2015 (ASSESSMENT YEAR-2007-08) DCIT, CENTRAL CIRCLE- 8(1), ROOM NO. 656, 6 TH FLOOR, AAYAKAR BHAVAN, M.K. ROAD, MUMBAI-400020. VS. SHRI SURESH GAGGAR (HUF) 41/42, GAURAV EXTENSION, GOKULDHAM, GOREGAON (EAST), MUMBAI-400063. PAN: AABHS7971P (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) ASSESSEE BY : SHRI MANJUNATHA SWAMY (DR) REVENUE BY : SHRI VIJAY MEHTA(DR) DATE OF HEARING : 02.11.2017 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT : 02.11.2017 ORDER UNDER SECTION 254(1) OF INCOME TAX ACT PER PAWAN SINGH, JUDICIAL MEMBER: 1. THIS APPEAL BY REVENUE U/S 253 OF THE INCOME-TAX AC T (THE ACT) IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER OF LD. CIT(A)-47, MUMBAI DATED 24.11.2014 FOR ASSESSMENT YEAR (AY) 2007-08. THE REVENUE HAS RAISE D THE FOLLOWING GROUNDS OF APPEAL: 1. 'ON THE FACTS AND IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CA SE AND IN LAW, THE LD. CIT(A) ERRED IN DELETING THE ADDITION OF RS 21,74,087/- ON ACCOUNT OF SHARE TRANSACTIONS OF VAKRANGEE SOFTWARE LTD WITHOUT APPRECIATING THAT TH E ALLEGED TRANSACTION WAS A SHAM TRANSACTION AND THE ASSESSEE FAILED TO ESTABLI SH PURCHASE OF SHARES.' 2. 'ON THE FACTS AND IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CA SE AND IN LAW, THE LD. CIT(A) ERRED IN DELETING THE ADDITION OF RS 21,29,250/- TO WARDS PURCHASE OF SHARES OF GARNET INTERNATIONAL LTD WITHOUT APPRECIATING THAT THE ASSESSEE FAILED TO ESTABLISH SOURCE OF PURCHASE.' ITA NO. 833/M/2015- SHRI SURESH GAGGAR (HUF) 2 3. THE APPELLANT PRAYS THAT THE ORDER F THE CIT-(A) , ON THE ABOVE GROUNDS BE SET ASIDE AND THAT OF THE ASSESSING OFFICER BE RESTORED . 2. BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE ARE THAT A SEARCH ACTION UN DER SECTION 132 OF THE ACT WAS CONDUCTED ON 06.10.2010 IN CASE OF ARSS INFRAST RUCTURE PROJECT LTD. AND GROUP CONCERN. IN THE SEARCH, THE CASE OF ASSES SEE WAS ALSO COVERED AND SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED IN HIS CASE UNDER SECTI ON 132 OF THE ACT. A NOTICE UNDER SECTION 153A WAS ISSUED TO THE ASSESSE E FOR AY 2005-06 TO AY 2010-11 ON 14.02.2013 FOR FILING RETURN OF INCOME. IN RESPONSE TO THE NOTICE, THE ASSESSEE FILED RETURN OF INCOME ON 22.02.2013 D ECLARING TOTAL INCOME OF RS. 15,56,741/-. THE ASSESSMENT WAS COMPLETED ON 26 .03.2013 UNDER SECTION 143(3) R.W.S. 153A OF THE ACT. THE ASSESSIN G OFFICER (AO) WHILE FRAMING ASSESSMENT BESIDES THE OTHER ADDITION MADE THE ADDITION OF RS. 44,37,088/- ON ACCOUNT OF (RS. 21,74,087/- PLUS RS. 21,29,250/-) AS UNEXPLAINED INVESTMENT. ON APPEAL BEFORE THE LD. CI T(A), THE ADDITION WAS DELETED. THUS, AGGRIEVED BY THE ORDER OF LD. CIT(A) , THE REVENUE HAS FILED THE PRESENT APPEAL BEFORE US. 3. WE HAVE HEARD THE LD. DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE ( DR) FOR THE REVENUE AND LD. AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE (AR) OF THE ASSES SEE AND PERUSED THE MATERIAL AVAILABLE ON RECORD. THE LD. DR FOR THE RE VENUE SUPPORTED THE ORDER OF AO AND ARGUED THAT THE ORDER OF AO MAY BE RESTORED BY REVERSING THE ORDER OF LD. CIT(A). ON THE OTHER HAND, THE LD. DR FOR THE REVENUE SUPPORTED THE ORDER OF LD. CIT(A) AND ARGUED THAT T HE ADDITION WAS MADE BY ITA NO. 833/M/2015- SHRI SURESH GAGGAR (HUF) 3 AO WITHOUT ANY INCRIMINATING MATERIAL FOUND DURING THE COURSE OF SEARCH QUA THE ADDITION. THE LD. AR OF THE ASSESSEE FURTHE R SUBMITS THAT HE HAS ALREADY FILED AN APPLICATION UNDER RULE 27 OF INCO ME-TAX (APPELLATE TRIBUNAL) RULES 1963, FOR SUPPORTING THE GROUND ON WHICH THE LD CIT(A) GRANTED RELIEF TO THE ASSESSEE. ON MERIT, IT WAS AR GUED THAT ASSESSEE FILED A RETURN OF INCOME UNDER SECTION 139(1) ON 26.11.2007 . THE TIME LIMIT FOR ISSUING NOTICE UNDER SECTION 143(2) EXPIRED ON 30.1 1.2008. THE SEARCH & SEIZURE ACTION AGAINST THE ASSESSEE WAS CONDUCTED O N 06.02.2010. NO ADDITION CAN BE MADE IN THE NON-ABATED ASSESSMENT. ADDITION CAN ONLY BE MADE IN ASSESSMENT ORDER UNDER SECTION 153A OR 153C ONLY ON THE BASIS OF INCRIMINATING MATERIAL. IT WAS ARGUED THAT IN ASSES SEES GROUP CASE, THE SIMILAR ADDITION HAS ALREADY BEEN DELETED BY CO-ORD INATE BENCH IN ASSESSEES GROUP CASE OF DCIT VS. SHRI RAMAKANT GAG GAR (ITA NO. 1287 TO 1290/MUM/2015) & IN DCIT VS. SMT. INDRA GAGGAR (ITA NO. 808, 1295, 1294, 1269 & 809/MUM/2015). IN SUPPORT OF HIS FURTH ER SUBMISSION, THE LD. AR OF THE ASSESSEE FURTHER RELIED UPON THE FOLLOWIN G DECISION: 1. ALL CARGO GLOBAL LOGISTICS [374 ITR 645 (BOM)] 2. CIT V. GURINDER SINGH BAWA [386 ITR 483 (BOM)] 3. CIT V. KABUL CHAWLA [380 ITR 573 (DEL)] 4. DY. CIT V. SHRI RAMAKANT GAGGAR IN ITA NOS 1287 TO 1291/MUM/2015 FOR A.Y.S 2006-07 TO 2009-10 DATED 21.12.2016 5. DCIT V. SMT. INDRA GAGGAR IN ITA NOS 808,1295, 1 294/MUM/2015 FOR 07 TO 2008-09 DATED 30.11.2016 6. NARPAT MEHTA V. ACIT CC 4(1), MUMBAI IN ITA NOS. 2151 AND 2153/MUM/2015 FOR A.YS. 2005-06 AND 2008-09 DATED 3 0.09.2016. 7. SUNCITY ALLOYS (P) LTD. V. CIT [124 TTJ 674 (JOD )] 8. ATITHI N. PATE I [ITA NO. 43/MUM/2010 DATED 22.0 8.2012] ITA NO. 833/M/2015- SHRI SURESH GAGGAR (HUF) 4 4. WE HAVE CONSIDERED THE RIVAL SUBMISSION OF THE PART IES AND HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ORDERS OF AUTHORITIES BELOW. THE AO MAD E THE ADDITION OF VALUE OF COST ON SHARE OF VAKRANGEE SOFTWARE LTD. OF RS. 21,14,087/- AND ADDITION OF RS. 21,29,250/- BEING PURCHASE OF GARNET INTERNA TIONAL LTD. HOLDING THAT ASSESSEE HAS NOT PRODUCED ANY EVIDENCE OF SALE OR P URCHASE OF SHARE. NEITHER THE PURCHASE NOR SALE OF SHARE APPEARED IN THE BANK STATEMENT AND BANK BOOK FILED BY THE ASSESSEE. WE HAVE SEEN THAT THE ASSESS EE HAS EXPLAINED BEFORE THE LD. CIT(A) THAT ASSESSEE SOLD 9500 SHARE OF VAK RANGEE SOFTWARE LTD. THROUGH ITS BROKER, THE PALS OVERSEAS PVT. LTD. @ 2 28.85 PER SHARE FOR RS. 21,74,087/-. FURTHER, THE ASSESSEE PURCHASED 8500 S HARE OF GARNET INTERNATIONAL LTD. @ 25.5 PER SHARE FOR RS. 21,32,7 22/- AFTER ADDITION OF SHARE TRADING EXPENSES AND STT, THE ASSESSEE PAID R S. 21,29,250+816+2656. THE ASSESSEE ALSO EXPLAINED THA T AS PER REGULAR TRADE PRACTICE, THE ASSESSEE RECEIVED NET AMOUNT OF RS. 4 1,365/- BEING NET AMOUNT OF SALE CONSIDERATION. THE LD. CIT(A) OBSERVED TH AT ALL THE DETAILS WERE FURNISHED BEFORE THE AO AND ASSESSEE WAS NOT GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THE NATURE OF TRANSACTION AND THE AO MADE THE ADDIT ION WITHOUT APPRECIATING THE PRACTICE OF TRADE REGULARLY ADOPTED IN SUCH TRA NSACTION. THE ASSESSEE HAS PROVED THE GENUINENESS OF THE INVESTMENT AND THE TR ANSACTION WERE NOT UNEXPLAINED AND DELETED THE ADDITION. WE HAVE SEEN THAT THE LD. CIT(A) HAS PASSED THE ORDER AFTER APPRECIATING THE FACT IN COR RECT PERSPECTIVE. THE LD. DR FOR THE REVENUE FAILED TO BRING ANY DETAILED MAT ERIAL TO OUR NOTICE TO ITA NO. 833/M/2015- SHRI SURESH GAGGAR (HUF) 5 SUBSTANTIATE THE GROUND OF APPEAL. EVEN THE LD DR F AILED TO BRING TO OUR NOTICE THAT THE ADDITIONS WHISH WAS DELETED BY LD C IT(A) WAS MADE ON THE BASIS OF INCRIMINATING MATERIAL SEIZED DURING THE S EARCH. HENCE, WE DO NOT FIND ANY MERIT IN THE GROUND NO. 1 & 2 OF THE APPEA L FILED BY REVENUE. THE ASSESSEE HAS FILED AN APPLICATION UNDER RULE 27 SUP PORTING THE ORDER OF LD. CIT(A). DURING THE COURSE OF HEARING, THE LD. AR FO R THE ASSESSEE HAD PRINCIPALLY AGREED THAT IN CASE, THE APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IS DISMISSED, HE WOULD NOT PRESS THE APPLICATION FILED UNDER RULE 27 OF INCOME-TAX (APPELLATE TRIBUNAL) RULES. CONSIDERING THE FACT T HAT WE HAVE DISMISSED THE APPEAL OF THE REVENUE. THUS, THE APPLICATION OF ASS ESSEE UNDER RULE 27 OF THE INCOME-TAX (APPELLATE TRIBUNAL) RULES IS TREATE D AS NOT PRESSED AND THE SAME IS DISMISSED AS NOT PRESSED. 5. IN THE RESULT, APPEAL OF THE ASSESSEE IS DISMISSED. ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 2 ND DAY OF NOVEMBER 2017. SD/- SD/- (B.R. BASKARAN) (PAWAN SINGH) ACCOUNTNAT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER MUMBAI; DATED 02/11/2017 S.K.PS COPY OF THE ORDER FORWARDED TO : BY ORDER, (ASSTT.REGISTRAR) ITAT, MUMBAI 1. THE APPELLANT 2. THE RESPONDENT. 3. THE CIT(A), MUMBAI. 4. CIT 5. DR, ITAT, MUMBAI 6. GUARD FILE. //TRUE COPY/