Common Cause v. Union of India
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What is Common Cause v. Union of India authority for?
Additions under the Income Tax Act cannot be made solely based on entries in loose sheets, dumb documents, or mere sworn statements without independent, reliable, and cogent corroborating evidence. Uncorroborated loose papers are not admissible evidence on their own, even if the original context was criminal investigation.
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judgments rely on this decision, according to BharatTax’s citation analysis of 366,005 Indian tax judgments — from 2016 to 2026.
Also referred to as
Common Cause v. Union of India · loose papers · dumb documents · corroborating evidence · independent evidence · sworn statements · Section 69A · Section 132 · search assessment · admissibility of evidence · evidence income tax · retracted statement
Also reported as
222 ITR 260