Krishnanand Agnihotri v. The State of Madhya Pradesh

1 SCC 816Supreme Court of India1977#3067 most cited

What is Krishnanand Agnihotri v. The State of Madhya Pradesh authority for?

The burden of proving a transaction to be benami, or that the apparent owner is not the real owner, rests strictly on the party asserting it, requiring definite evidence or circumstances that reasonably infer the fact, not mere suspicion.

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Krishnanand Agnihotri · State of Madhya Pradesh · benami transaction · onus of proof · definite evidence · inference of fact · suspicion

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Judgments citing Krishnanand Agnihotri v. The State of Madhya Pradesh

SUNEEL KUMAR AGRAWAL,LAKHIMPUR KHERI vs. INCOME TAX OFFICER 3(5), LAKHIMPUR

In the result, the appeal of the assessee stands allowed

ITA 112/LKW/2023[2017-18]Status: DisposedITAT Lucknow13 Jun 2024AY 2017-18

Bench: Shri Sudhanshu Srivastavaa.Ys. 2017-18 Suneel Kumar Agarwal, Vs. Income Tax Officer-3(5), Old Galla Mandi, Lakhimpur - Kheri Lakhimpur Kheri-262701 Pan Agfpa 3061J (Appellant) (Respondent) Appellant By Shri P.K. Kapoor, Ca Respondent By Shri Sanjeev Krishna Sharma, Addl. Cit( Dr) Date Of Hearing 20/03/2024 Date Of Pronouncement 13/06/2024 O R D E R This Appeal Has Been Preferred By The Assessee Against Order Dated 10.02.2023 Passed By The Ld. Commissioner Of The Income Tax (Appeal) [Hereinafter Called The ‘Cit(A)’], Lucknow-3 For Assessment Year (Ay) 2017-18. 2.0 The Brief Facts Of The Case, As Appearing From The Assessment Order, Are That The Assessee Is Engaged In Trading Of Edible Oil, Food Grains, Khandsari, Sugar, Atta, Maida & Suji Etc. A Warrant U/S. 132A Of The Income Tax Act, 1961 (Hereinafter Called The ‘Act’) Was Served On The Assessee On 02.02.2017 & A Sum Of Rs.14,64,000/- Was Seized From The Possession Of The Assessee.

Section 132ASection 139(1)Section 153ASection 69A

…d is conclusive, there can exist no dispute, nor shall there be any doubt. In such a situation, the assessee cannot be condemned on preponderance of probability. The Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of ‘Krishna Nand Agnihotri vs. State of Madhya Pradesh’ (1997) 1 SCC 816 held that it is not enough to show circumstances which might create suspicion because the Court cannot decide on the basis of suspicion. It has to act on legal grounds established by evidence. Therefore, in view of the above, I am unable to concur with the orders of the lower authorities and 11 I set aside the order of the ld. CIT(A) and direct the…

MR. ANIL AGRAWAL (HUF),MUMBAI vs. DCIT, CENTRAL CIRCLE 3(4),, MUMBAI

The appeals stand partly allowed

ITA 5516/MUM/2019[2014-15]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai05 Apr 2021AY 2014-15

Bench: Hon’Ble Shri Amarjit Singh, Jm & Hon’Ble Shri Manoj Kumar Aggarwal, Am (Hearing Through Video Conferencing Mode) आयकरअपील सं./ I.T.A. Nos.5512-5516/Mum/2019 (धििाारण वर्ा / Assessment Years: 2010-11 To 2014-15) Mr. Anil Agrawal (Huf) Dcit-Central Circle-3(4) Room No.1915, 19Th Floor बिाम/ 2401-2402, Anmol Pride Off. Patel Auto, S.V. Road, Air India Building, Nariman Point Vs. Goregaon (W), Mumbai-400 062. Mumbai-400 021. स्थायीलेखासं./जीआइआरसं./Pan/Gir No. Aacha-9591-E (अपीलाथी/Appellant) (प्रत्यथी / Respondent) : Revenue By : Shri Rajeev Harit-Ld. Cit-Dr Assessee By : Shri Rajiv Khandelwal & Shri Aakash Kumar-Ld. Ars सुनवाई की तारीख/ : 12/01/2021 Date Of Hearing घोषणा की तारीख / : 05/04/2021 Date Of Pronouncement आदेश / O R D E R Per Bench 1.1 Aforesaid Appeals By Assessee For Assessment Years (Ay) 2010-11 To 2014-15 Contest Separate Orders Of Learned First Appellate Authority. However, Facts & Issues Are More Or Less Similar. Therefore, The Appeals Were Heard Together & Are Now Being Disposed-Off By Way Of This Common Order For The Sake Of Convenience & Brevity. It Is Admitted Position That Adjudication In Any Year Would Substantially Apply To All The Other Years Also.

For Appellant: Shri Rajiv Khandelwal &For Respondent: Shri Rajeev Harit-Ld. CIT-DR
Section 153ASection 153DSection 68

…t be sustained under law. 4.5 Finally, it was submitted that since the assessee discharged the primary onus of substantiating the transactions, the onus to disprove the same would rest on revenue as held by Hon‟ble Supreme Court in Krishanand V/s State of MP (1 SCC 816 SC). No such onus was discharged by Ld. AO while making additions in the hands of the 19 M/s Anil Agrawal (HUF) ITA Nos. 5512-5516/Mum/2019 Assessment Years: 2010-11 to 2014-15 assessee. The assessee also assailed the application of provision of Section 68 by submitting that sale proceeds were received through banking channels on sale of shares on…

MR. ANIL AGRAWAL (HUF),MUMBAI vs. DCIT, CENTRAL CIRCLE 3(4),, MUMBAI

The appeals stand partly allowed

ITA 5515/MUM/2019[2013-14]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai05 Apr 2021AY 2013-14

Bench: Hon’Ble Shri Amarjit Singh, Jm & Hon’Ble Shri Manoj Kumar Aggarwal, Am (Hearing Through Video Conferencing Mode) आयकरअपील सं./ I.T.A. Nos.5512-5516/Mum/2019 (धििाारण वर्ा / Assessment Years: 2010-11 To 2014-15) Mr. Anil Agrawal (Huf) Dcit-Central Circle-3(4) Room No.1915, 19Th Floor बिाम/ 2401-2402, Anmol Pride Off. Patel Auto, S.V. Road, Air India Building, Nariman Point Vs. Goregaon (W), Mumbai-400 062. Mumbai-400 021. स्थायीलेखासं./जीआइआरसं./Pan/Gir No. Aacha-9591-E (अपीलाथी/Appellant) (प्रत्यथी / Respondent) : Revenue By : Shri Rajeev Harit-Ld. Cit-Dr Assessee By : Shri Rajiv Khandelwal & Shri Aakash Kumar-Ld. Ars सुनवाई की तारीख/ : 12/01/2021 Date Of Hearing घोषणा की तारीख / : 05/04/2021 Date Of Pronouncement आदेश / O R D E R Per Bench 1.1 Aforesaid Appeals By Assessee For Assessment Years (Ay) 2010-11 To 2014-15 Contest Separate Orders Of Learned First Appellate Authority. However, Facts & Issues Are More Or Less Similar. Therefore, The Appeals Were Heard Together & Are Now Being Disposed-Off By Way Of This Common Order For The Sake Of Convenience & Brevity. It Is Admitted Position That Adjudication In Any Year Would Substantially Apply To All The Other Years Also.

For Appellant: Shri Rajiv Khandelwal &For Respondent: Shri Rajeev Harit-Ld. CIT-DR
Section 153ASection 153DSection 68

…t be sustained under law. 4.5 Finally, it was submitted that since the assessee discharged the primary onus of substantiating the transactions, the onus to disprove the same would rest on revenue as held by Hon‟ble Supreme Court in Krishanand V/s State of MP (1 SCC 816 SC). No such onus was discharged by Ld. AO while making additions in the hands of the 19 M/s Anil Agrawal (HUF) ITA Nos. 5512-5516/Mum/2019 Assessment Years: 2010-11 to 2014-15 assessee. The assessee also assailed the application of provision of Section 68 by submitting that sale proceeds were received through banking channels on sale of shares on…

MR. ANIL AGRAWAL (HUF),MUMBAI vs. DCIT, CENTRAL CIRCLE 3(4),, MUMBAI

The appeals stand partly allowed

ITA 5514/MUM/2019[2012-13]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai05 Apr 2021AY 2012-13

Bench: Hon’Ble Shri Amarjit Singh, Jm & Hon’Ble Shri Manoj Kumar Aggarwal, Am (Hearing Through Video Conferencing Mode) आयकरअपील सं./ I.T.A. Nos.5512-5516/Mum/2019 (धििाारण वर्ा / Assessment Years: 2010-11 To 2014-15) Mr. Anil Agrawal (Huf) Dcit-Central Circle-3(4) Room No.1915, 19Th Floor बिाम/ 2401-2402, Anmol Pride Off. Patel Auto, S.V. Road, Air India Building, Nariman Point Vs. Goregaon (W), Mumbai-400 062. Mumbai-400 021. स्थायीलेखासं./जीआइआरसं./Pan/Gir No. Aacha-9591-E (अपीलाथी/Appellant) (प्रत्यथी / Respondent) : Revenue By : Shri Rajeev Harit-Ld. Cit-Dr Assessee By : Shri Rajiv Khandelwal & Shri Aakash Kumar-Ld. Ars सुनवाई की तारीख/ : 12/01/2021 Date Of Hearing घोषणा की तारीख / : 05/04/2021 Date Of Pronouncement आदेश / O R D E R Per Bench 1.1 Aforesaid Appeals By Assessee For Assessment Years (Ay) 2010-11 To 2014-15 Contest Separate Orders Of Learned First Appellate Authority. However, Facts & Issues Are More Or Less Similar. Therefore, The Appeals Were Heard Together & Are Now Being Disposed-Off By Way Of This Common Order For The Sake Of Convenience & Brevity. It Is Admitted Position That Adjudication In Any Year Would Substantially Apply To All The Other Years Also.

For Appellant: Shri Rajiv Khandelwal &For Respondent: Shri Rajeev Harit-Ld. CIT-DR
Section 153ASection 153DSection 68

…t be sustained under law. 4.5 Finally, it was submitted that since the assessee discharged the primary onus of substantiating the transactions, the onus to disprove the same would rest on revenue as held by Hon‟ble Supreme Court in Krishanand V/s State of MP (1 SCC 816 SC). No such onus was discharged by Ld. AO while making additions in the hands of the 19 M/s Anil Agrawal (HUF) ITA Nos. 5512-5516/Mum/2019 Assessment Years: 2010-11 to 2014-15 assessee. The assessee also assailed the application of provision of Section 68 by submitting that sale proceeds were received through banking channels on sale of shares on…

MR. ANIL AGRAWAL (HUF),MUMBAI vs. DCIT, CENTRAL CIRCLE 3(4),, MUMBAI

The appeals stand partly allowed

ITA 5513/MUM/2019[2011-12]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai05 Apr 2021AY 2011-12

Bench: Hon’Ble Shri Amarjit Singh, Jm & Hon’Ble Shri Manoj Kumar Aggarwal, Am (Hearing Through Video Conferencing Mode) आयकरअपील सं./ I.T.A. Nos.5512-5516/Mum/2019 (धििाारण वर्ा / Assessment Years: 2010-11 To 2014-15) Mr. Anil Agrawal (Huf) Dcit-Central Circle-3(4) Room No.1915, 19Th Floor बिाम/ 2401-2402, Anmol Pride Off. Patel Auto, S.V. Road, Air India Building, Nariman Point Vs. Goregaon (W), Mumbai-400 062. Mumbai-400 021. स्थायीलेखासं./जीआइआरसं./Pan/Gir No. Aacha-9591-E (अपीलाथी/Appellant) (प्रत्यथी / Respondent) : Revenue By : Shri Rajeev Harit-Ld. Cit-Dr Assessee By : Shri Rajiv Khandelwal & Shri Aakash Kumar-Ld. Ars सुनवाई की तारीख/ : 12/01/2021 Date Of Hearing घोषणा की तारीख / : 05/04/2021 Date Of Pronouncement आदेश / O R D E R Per Bench 1.1 Aforesaid Appeals By Assessee For Assessment Years (Ay) 2010-11 To 2014-15 Contest Separate Orders Of Learned First Appellate Authority. However, Facts & Issues Are More Or Less Similar. Therefore, The Appeals Were Heard Together & Are Now Being Disposed-Off By Way Of This Common Order For The Sake Of Convenience & Brevity. It Is Admitted Position That Adjudication In Any Year Would Substantially Apply To All The Other Years Also.

For Appellant: Shri Rajiv Khandelwal &For Respondent: Shri Rajeev Harit-Ld. CIT-DR
Section 153ASection 153DSection 68

…t be sustained under law. 4.5 Finally, it was submitted that since the assessee discharged the primary onus of substantiating the transactions, the onus to disprove the same would rest on revenue as held by Hon‟ble Supreme Court in Krishanand V/s State of MP (1 SCC 816 SC). No such onus was discharged by Ld. AO while making additions in the hands of the 19 M/s Anil Agrawal (HUF) ITA Nos. 5512-5516/Mum/2019 Assessment Years: 2010-11 to 2014-15 assessee. The assessee also assailed the application of provision of Section 68 by submitting that sale proceeds were received through banking channels on sale of shares on…

MR. ANIL AGRAWAL (HUF),MUMBAI vs. DCIT, CENTRAL CIRCLE 3(4),, MUMBAI

The appeals stand partly allowed

ITA 5512/MUM/2019[2010-11]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai05 Apr 2021AY 2010-11

Bench: Hon’Ble Shri Amarjit Singh, Jm & Hon’Ble Shri Manoj Kumar Aggarwal, Am (Hearing Through Video Conferencing Mode) आयकरअपील सं./ I.T.A. Nos.5512-5516/Mum/2019 (धििाारण वर्ा / Assessment Years: 2010-11 To 2014-15) Mr. Anil Agrawal (Huf) Dcit-Central Circle-3(4) Room No.1915, 19Th Floor बिाम/ 2401-2402, Anmol Pride Off. Patel Auto, S.V. Road, Air India Building, Nariman Point Vs. Goregaon (W), Mumbai-400 062. Mumbai-400 021. स्थायीलेखासं./जीआइआरसं./Pan/Gir No. Aacha-9591-E (अपीलाथी/Appellant) (प्रत्यथी / Respondent) : Revenue By : Shri Rajeev Harit-Ld. Cit-Dr Assessee By : Shri Rajiv Khandelwal & Shri Aakash Kumar-Ld. Ars सुनवाई की तारीख/ : 12/01/2021 Date Of Hearing घोषणा की तारीख / : 05/04/2021 Date Of Pronouncement आदेश / O R D E R Per Bench 1.1 Aforesaid Appeals By Assessee For Assessment Years (Ay) 2010-11 To 2014-15 Contest Separate Orders Of Learned First Appellate Authority. However, Facts & Issues Are More Or Less Similar. Therefore, The Appeals Were Heard Together & Are Now Being Disposed-Off By Way Of This Common Order For The Sake Of Convenience & Brevity. It Is Admitted Position That Adjudication In Any Year Would Substantially Apply To All The Other Years Also.

For Appellant: Shri Rajiv Khandelwal &For Respondent: Shri Rajeev Harit-Ld. CIT-DR
Section 153ASection 153DSection 68

…t be sustained under law. 4.5 Finally, it was submitted that since the assessee discharged the primary onus of substantiating the transactions, the onus to disprove the same would rest on revenue as held by Hon‟ble Supreme Court in Krishanand V/s State of MP (1 SCC 816 SC). No such onus was discharged by Ld. AO while making additions in the hands of the 19 M/s Anil Agrawal (HUF) ITA Nos. 5512-5516/Mum/2019 Assessment Years: 2010-11 to 2014-15 assessee. The assessee also assailed the application of provision of Section 68 by submitting that sale proceeds were received through banking channels on sale of shares on…

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