Bhanuben Danji Shah, Mumbai vs. ACIT Cir 23(2), Mumbai
In the result, the assessee’s appeal is dismissed
ITA 1735/MUM/2012[2004-05]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai24 Feb 2016AY 2004-05
Bench: Shri Joginder Singh, Jm & Shri Sanjay Arora, Am आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No. 1735/Mum/2012 ("नधा"रण वष" / Assessment Year: 2004-05) Bhanuben Danji Shah Asst. Cit-23(2), बनाम/ E/31, Konark Indraprasth, Mumbai 11Th Floor, Jain Mandir Road, Vs. Mulund (W), Mumbai – 400 080 "थायी लेखा सं./जीआइआर सं./Pan/Gir No. Amrps 1215 L (अपीलाथ" /Appellant) (""यथ" / Respondent) : अपीलाथ" क" ओर से / Appellant By : None ""यथ" क" ओर से/Respondent By : Shri Prakash L. Pathade सुनवाई क" तार"ख / : 16.02.2016 Date Of Hearing घोषणा क" तार"ख / : 24.02.2016 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)-11, Mumbai (‘Cit(A)’ For Short) Dated 26.12.2011, Partly Allowing The Assessee’S Appeal Contesting Its Assessment U/S.143(3) Of The Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘The Act’ Hereinafter) For The Assessment Year (A.Y.) 2004-05 Vide Order Dated 21.12.2006. 2. None Appeared For & On Behalf Of The Assessee-Appellant When The Appeal Was Called Out For Hearing, Nor Any Adjournment Application Stands Received. This, Despite The Hearing Having Been Adjourned For Today Instant At The Request Of The Assessee’S Counsel, Shri Mukul J. Vora (Vide His Letter Dated 22.7.2015/Copy On Record). It Was 2 Bhanuben Danji Shah Vs. Asst. Cit Noted That On Earlier Occasions As Well, The Appellant Has Sought For & Been Granted Adjournment Of Hearing. The Appeal, Filed In 2012, Is Pending Since Long. It Was Under The Circumstances Only Considered It Proper That The Matter To Be Proceeded With & The Appeal Decided After Hearing The Party Before Us & Considering The Material On Record.
For Appellant: NoneFor Respondent: Shri Prakash L. Pathade
Section 133Section 143(3)Section 68
…to such a degree of probability that any prudent man may on its basis believe the existence of the fact in issue. Adjudications under the Act could be based on such basis, and toward which we may refer to the decision in the case of Sumati Dayal vs CIT [1995] 214 ITR 801(SC), where the Hon’ble Court upheld the rejection of a plethora of documentary evidences on the basis of it being against the preponderance of human probabilities. Be that as it may, in our considered view the assessee has been wholly unable to substantiate her case with any credible evidence/material on record, with, rather, the Revenue bringing…