DEPUTY COMMISSIONE ROF INCOME TAX, DELHI vs. SULOCHANA MAHADEV BOBADE, PUNE

The Revenue proposes the following substantive grounds in the instant appeal: “1. That the learned CIT(A) has erred in law and on facts by deleting the addition of 280,00,000/- made by the Assessing Officer under Section 68 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. without properly appreciating the facts and evidence on record and ignoring the fact that the assessee could not satisfactorily establish the unexplained cash credits taken up by the assessee.

That the CIT(A) failed to appreciate that the documents found during the course of search proceedings were crucial in establishing the existence of undisclosed income in the hands of the Assessee.

That the CIT(A) erred in holding that the satisfaction note does not have any reference of the said search while the same clearly establishes a nexus between the seized material and the undisclosed income of the assessee for the current AY.

That the CIT(A) erred in law and on facts by deleting the addition of? 50.00,000/- made by the AO under Section 69A, ignoring the fact that the assessee could not satisfactorily establish the unexplained money in the hands of the assessee.

That the appellant craves leave to add, alter, amend, or withdraw any or all ground(s) of the appeal raised above at the time of hearing”

It next transpires during the course of hearing that the learned CIT(A) has reversed the Assessing Officer’s action making the above twin additions under section 68 and 69A of the Act, involving varying sums; for the reason that the relevant incriminating material sought to be relied upon by the department does not indicate any such unexplained cash credits or investments in the assessee’s name. 3 | P a g e

Both the parties reiterate their respective stands against and in support of the learned CIT(A)’s impugned lower appellate discussion. We notice from a perusal of the case records that the learned departmental authorities had carried out the search in question dated 13th March, 2019 wherein the Assessing Officer of searched person recorded his satisfaction that the corresponding loose slips found and seized in course thereof related to the assessee. He accordingly forwarded the said records to the Assessing Officer who initiated section 153C proceedings after satisfying himself that the same had a bearing on determination of the assessee’s total income. It is in this factual backdrop that our attention is invited to page 2 of the assessment order dated 23rd February, 2022 that the relevant seized material did not relate to the assessee Mrs. Sulochana Mahadev Bobade but to her eponymous “HUF” only. The Revenue is indeed very fair in not being able to rebut this clinching factual position. 5. Faced with this situation, we are of the considered view that the impugned section 153C proceedings as well as the twin additions herein could not have been invoked in the assessee’s case. Learned CIT(A)’s impugned lower appellate discussion under 4 | P a g e challenge at the Revenue’s behest stands upheld therefore. Ordered accordingly. 6. This Revenue’s appeal is dismissed in above terms. Order pronounced in the open court on 20th November, 2025 (MANISH AGARWAL) JUDICIAL MEMBER