PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (CENTRAL)-3 vs. M/S APPOLO TRAEXIM (P) LTD.

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ITA/420/2018HC DelhiDLHC01078011201811 April 2018Bench: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT,HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A. K. CHAWLA1 pages

AI SummaryDismissed

What did the High Court hold?

The High Court held that no question of law arises from the ITAT's decision. The ITAT had set aside the search assessment on the grounds that the additions made were not based on any incriminating material recovered during the search. The High Court found that the ITAT had correctly applied the precedent set in the case of Commissioner of Income Tax (Central)-III vs. Kabul Chawla, 380 ITR 573. This case established that for additions to be sustained in a search assessment, they must be linked to material seized during the search. Since the ITAT's finding was based on this established legal principle and the facts as presented, the High Court concluded that there was no debatable point of law to be adjudicated. Consequently, the appeal filed by the Revenue was dismissed.

What were the facts?

The Revenue has appealed against an order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). The ITAT had set aside a search assessment. The basis for the ITAT's decision was that the additions made in the assessment, following the search, were not supported by any incriminating material seized during the search operation. The ITAT's decision was predicated on a previous ruling by the High Court in the case of Commissioner of Income Tax (Central)-III vs. Kabul Chawla. The present appeal by the Revenue challenges this ITAT order.

What were the issues?

1. Whether a question of law arises from the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal's decision to set aside a search assessment where additions were made without reliance on seized incriminating material. The Revenue contended that the ITAT's order was erroneous and that a substantial question of law arose for consideration. The Revenue likely argued that the ITAT misapplied the precedent or that the facts of the present case warranted a different conclusion. However, the judgment does not explicitly detail the Revenue's specific arguments beyond stating their appeal against the ITAT's decision. The Assessee (M/s Appolo Traexim (P) Ltd.) did not present any arguments as recorded in the judgment. The ITAT, in its decision, relied on the case of Commissioner of Income Tax (Central)-III vs. Kabul Chawla, 380 ITR 573, to hold that additions made in a search assessment must be based on seized incriminating material.

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$~91 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + ITA 420/2018

PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (CENTRAL)-3 ..... Appellant

Through: Mr. Sanjay Kumar and Mr. Rahul Chaudhary, Advocates.

versus

M/S APPOLO TRAEXIM (P) LTD.

..... Respondent

Through:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A. K. CHAWLA

O R D E R %

11.04.2018

The Revenue appeals against the decision of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) which set aside the search assessment, on the ground that the additions made on account of disallowance determined pursuant to the search assessment, were not based upon seizures of any incriminating material recovered during the course of the search. The ITAT relied upon the decision of this Court in the case of ‘Commissioner of Income Tax (Central)-III vs. Kabul Chawla’, 380 ITR 573.

In these circumstances, no question of law arises. The appeal is dismissed.

S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J

A. K. CHAWLA, J APRIL 11, 2018/nn

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