What did the Tribunal hold?

The Tribunal found that the assessee had a reasonable cause for not signing the appeal and that the CIT(A) should have decided the appeal on merits or pointed out the defects earlier. The matter was restored to the CIT(A) for fresh adjudication.

The assessee's appeal was dismissed by the CIT(A) for not being signed by the assessee himself, despite the assessee being out of India. The assessee sought to admit additional evidence to prove his absence from India during the relevant period.

What were the issues?

Whether the CIT(A) was justified in dismissing the appeal for not being signed by the assessee, and whether additional evidence should be admitted to prove the assessee's absence from India.

Mohamed Reza Kabul vs JCIT | ITAT Mumbai 2017

Order u/s.254(1)of the Income-tax Act,1961(Act) लेखा लेखा सद"य लेखा लेखा सद"य सद"य राजे"" सद"य राजे"" राजे"" केकेकेके अनुसार राजे"" अनुसार अनुसार /PER RAJENDRA, AM- अनुसार Challenging the order dated 27.2.2015 of CIT (Appeals)-7, Mumbai, the Assessee has filed the present appeal. Assessee, an individual filed his return of income on 22.9.2010, declaring total income at Rs.2.30 crore. The Assessing Officer completed the assessment u/s 143(3) r.w.s. 145/144 of the Act on 28.3.2013, determining his income at Rs.2.90 crores. 2.Vide his letter dated 4.6.2015, the Assessee had made an application under Rule 29 of the ITAT Rules, 1963 to accept additional evidences. In his application, it is mentioned that the appeal was filed before the FAA when he was out of India, that he had authorized his chartered Accountant to file the appeal, that he had filed paper book along with written submissions before the FAA, that on 24.09.2014, the FAA stated that the Appeal was not signed by the assessee and hence not admissible, that later on, the successor FAA issued a notice for hearing, that on 30.01.2015, CA of the assessee along with the Authorised Representative (AR) appeared before the FAA, that at that time, no issue was raised about the letter of authority inspite of the specific noting in the order sheet, that appeal was partly heard on merit on 30.01.2015, that on 27.2.2015, the appeal was partly heard, that on that date also there was no discussion about the admissibility of the appeal, that is why his order dated 27.2.2015, was received on 13.4.2015, the FAA dismissed the appeal holding that same was not signed by the assessee himself. It was further stated that the assessee had no occasion to say anything about the admissibility of the appeal or to place on record copies of his passport

MOHAMED REZA KABUL,MUMBAI vs. JT CIT RG 16(3), MUMBAI

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