CIT v. Rajiv Garg

313 ITR 256High Court2009#2608 most cited

What is CIT v. Rajiv Garg authority for?

An assessee's agreement to an addition does not automatically prove concealment, and voluntary surrender of income without corroborative material cannot sustain a penalty for concealment.

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judgments rely on this decision, according to BharatTax’s citation analysis of 366,339 Indian tax judgments — from 2015 to 2025.

Also referred to as

CIT v. Rajiv Garg · 313 ITR 256 · penalty for concealment · voluntary surrender of income · agreement to addition · Section 271(1)(c) · Section 271AAB · corroborative material for penalty · concealment not proved by surrender · Section 69A penalty

Issues it is cited on

Judgments citing CIT v. Rajiv Garg

Options Developrs and Builders, Mumbai vs. DCIT Ce Cir 22, Mumbai

The appeal of the assessee is allowed and the ld

ITA 7129/MUM/2013[2010-11]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai24 May 2016AY 2010-11

Bench: Shri Joginder Singh & Shri Ashwani Tanejaassessment Year: 2010-11 Options Developers & Acit, Central Circle-22, Builders, Room No.465, बनाम/ 10, Mithila Shopping Centre Aayakar Bhavan, Vs. Ground Floor, V. M. Road, M.K. Road, Juhu Scheme Vile Parle (W) Mumbai-400020 Mumbai-400049 ("नधा"रती /Assessee) (राज"व /Revenue) Pan. No.Aaafo6752F "नधा"रती क" ओर से / Assessee By Shri Vijay Kothari Ms. Sudha Ramchandran-Dr राज"व क" ओर से / Revenue By 05/05/2016 सुनवाई क" तार"ख / Date Of Hearing : 16/05/2016 आदेश क" तार"ख /Date Of Order:

Section 132Section 271A

…271(1)© inserted w.e.f. 1std April, 1964 merely raises a rebuttable presumption but the basic principle that there should be have been concealment still remains.” Further Hon'ble Punjab & Haryana High Court in case of Commissioner of Income-tax v. Rajiv Garg 313 ITR 256 (P&H) upheld the order of the Tribunal where it was observed that – “Merely because an income has been offered by the assessee in response to the notice under section 148, it cannot be ipso facto inferred that the penal provisions of section 271(1)© are attracted. In order to apply the penal provisions of section 271(1)© it is to be necessarily i…