KARNATAKA AGROCHEMICAL PVT LTD ,BANGALORE vs. ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX RANGE-4(1), BANGALORE
In the result, the appeal by the assessee is allowed
ITA 98/BANG/2022[2013-14]Status: DisposedITAT Bangalore29 Apr 2022AY 2013-14
Bench: Shri Chandra Poojari & Smt. Beena Pillaiassessment Year: 2013-14
For Appellant: Shri SreeHariKutsa, AdvocateFor Respondent: Shri Priyadarshi Mishra, Jt.CIT(DR)(ITAT), Bengaluru
Section 250Section 269TSection 271E
…d treated as being a good cause for the whole of the period of the delay in its entirety." 23. Reliance is placed on the parity of reasoning in the decision of the Hyderabad Bench of the ITAT in the matter of Branch Manager, SBI v. Addl. CIT (TDS) reported in 62 SOT 119 (Cuttack) has held as under :- "10. We find that Hon'ble apex Court in the case of Hindustan Steel Ltd vs. State of Orissa, 83 ITR 26,held that penalty will not ordinarily be imposed unless the party obliged either acted deliberately in defiance of law or was guilty of conduct contumacious or dishonest, or acted in conscious disregard of 'its obl…