Yogesh Sunderlal Shah, Mumbai vs. DCIT 24(1), Mumbai
In the result, the assessee’s appeal is allowed
ITA 6093/MUM/2014[2008-09]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai30 Jun 2016AY 2008-09
Bench: Shri Sanjay Arora, Am & Shri Amarjit Singh, Jm आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No. 6093/Mum/2014 ("नधा"रण वष" / Assessment Year: 2008-09) Yogesh Sunderlal Shah, Dy. Cit-24(1), F/107, Shreepal Industrial Estate, C/13, Pratyakshkar Bhavan, बनाम/ New Oshivara Bridge, Bkc, Bandra (E), Mumbai-400 051 Vs. S. V. Road, Jogeshwari (W), Mumbai-400 102 "थायी लेखा सं./जीआइआर सं./Pan/Gir No. Aakps 2779 L (अपीलाथ" /Appellant) (""यथ" / Respondent) : अपीलाथ" क" ओर से / Appellant By : Shri K. Gopal, Adv. ""यथ" क" ओर से/Respondent By : Shri Airiju Jaikaran सुनवाई क" तार"ख / : 22.6.2016 Date Of Hearing घोषणा क" तार"ख / : 30.6.2016 Date Of Pronouncement आदेश / O R D E R Per Sanjay Arora, A. M.: This Is An Appeal By The Assessee Directed Against The Order By The Commissioner Of Income Tax (Appeals)-34, Mumbai (‘Cit(A)’ For Short) Dated 06.8.2014, Confirming The Levy Of Penalty U/S. 271(1)(C) Of The Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘The Act’ Hereinafter) For The Assessment Year (A.Y.) 2008-09 Vide Order Dated 29.4.213. 2. The Issue In The Instant Appeal Is The Sustainability Or Otherwise In Law Of The Penalty U/S. 271(1)(C) Of The Act, I.E., In The Given Facts & Circumstances Of The Case.
For Appellant: Shri K. Gopal, AdvFor Respondent: Shri Airiju Jaikaran
Section 2(47)Section 269USection 27Section 271(1)(c)Section 54
…) and section 269UA(f) was, in its view, of no moment. Reliance stands placed by it on the decisions in the case of CIT vs. T. N. Aravinda Reddy [1979] 120 ITR 46 (SC); CIT vs. Gopaldas H. Hansrajani [1999] 239 ITR 523 (Bom); and Hameed Jaffery vs. CIT [1997] 227 ITR 724 (Bom), each explaining the scope of the word ‘purchase’ and, further, only in the context of section 54 itself. The well-settled principle of interpretation of statutes, i.e., that where two views are possible, the Court shall be inclined to favour one which is more beneficial to the subject (assessee), was also found by it as inapplicable in-as-…