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(PHYSICAL HEARING) �नधा�रतीक�ओरसे/Assessee by : Shri. Ajay Jain, C.A. राज�वक�ओरसे/ Revenue by : Dr. Ranjeet Kaur, Sr. D.R. सुनवाईक�तार�ख/Date of Hearing : 13.11.2024 उदघोषणाक�तार�ख/Date of Pronouncement : 09.12.2024 आदेश/Order The present appeal has been preferred by the assessee against the order passed by the ld. Commissioner of Income Tax, Appeal National Faceless Appeal Centre (NFAC), Delhi [hereinafter referred to as the “Ld. CIT(A)”] dated 17.01.2024 for the Assessment Year: 2017-18. The assessee in this appeal is aggrieved by the action of the ld. CIT(A) in confirming the addition of Nidhi Verma v. ITO 2 Rs.12.74 lacs made by the Assessing Officer on account of unexplained cash deposit in the bank account of the assessee.
At the outset, the ld. counsel for the assessee has submitted that the assessee is a divorced lady and she was living with her mother and that her father has already died. That the assessee had deposited aforesaid amount in her bank account, which was lying in cash with the assessee, during the demonetization period. That the source of the aforesaid amount was out of the past savings and the cash received from her parents given by them for the subsistence and survival of the assessee. Apart from that, she was also doing tuition work from which her savings were collected.
After hearing the rival submissions of the ld. Representatives of the parties and going through the record, I find that amount of deposit is very small and it is not uncommon that a divorced lady, living with her parents would get some gifts in cash from parents as they would be worried about the future of their daughter. The father of the assessee had already died and it is quite reasonable that there would be small cash lying at her home which was required to be deposited during the demonetization period.
Nidhi Verma v. ITO 3 4. Considering the aforesaid factual aspects, I do not find any justification on the part of the lower authorities, the same is accordingly, ordered to be deleted.
In the result, the appeal of the assessee stands allowed.
Order pronounced on 09.12.2024.