Surendra M. Khandhar v. ACIT

224 CTR 409High Court2009#5233 most cited

What is Surendra M. Khandhar v. ACIT authority for?

A presumption under section 292C of the Income Tax Act, 1961, regarding the ownership and truth of contents of a seized document is applicable when the document is seized from the assessee's control and its Xerox copy is not denied by the assessee, especially when signatories are also not denied.

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Surendra M. Khandhar · ACIT · section 292C · section 132(4A) · seized document · presumption of ownership · presumption of truth · Xerox copy · not denied

Issues it is cited on

Judgments citing Surendra M. Khandhar v. ACIT

SH. MAHENDRA KUMAR GOYAL,SIKAR vs. ACIT, CENTRAL CIRCLE-3, JAIPUR, JAIPUR

In the result of the appeal of the assessee are disposed off as under

ITA 497/JPR/2025[2019-20]Status: DisposedITAT Jaipur15 Sept 2025AY 2019-20

Bench: DR. S. SEETHALAKSHMI (Judicial Member), SHRI RATHOD KAMLESH JAYANTBHAI, आंकड़ुठरधारी आइटीएए सं.र@ITA Nos.493, 495 to 498, 500/JP/2025 निर्धारण वर्ष@Assessment Years : 2014-15 to 2016-17, 2018-19 to 2020-21 Mahendra Kumar Goyal चुके Vs. ACIT/DCIT Ward No. 2, Shahpura Road Neem Ka Thana, Sikar Central Circle-03, Jaipur लेखा संख्याल्लेय सं.जीआइआर सं.पान@PAN/GIR No.: ACFPG0306G अपीलार्थी@Appellant प्रत्यार्थी@Respondent निर्धारीती की आर से@ Assessee by : Shri P. C. Parwal, CA राजस्व की आर से@ R

For Appellant: Shri P. C. Parwal, CAFor Respondent: Mrs. Anita Rinesh, JCIT, Sr. DR
Section 127Section 143(2)Section 143(3)Section 153ASection 69

…ED 2. Statutory Presumption under Section 292C • Section 292C provides a rebuttable presumption that: 1. Documents or assets found belong to the person searched; 2. Are genuine; 3. Contain truthful contents. Citation: • Surendra M. Khandhar v. ACIT (2009) 224 CTR 409 (Bom) Assessee never objected that the documents were not genuine or does not belong to assessee. 3. Onus on Assessee to Rebut Presumption • Once documents/assets are found, initial burden lies on the assessee to explain the contents. • AO is not required to disprove them at the threshold. 32 ITA Nos. 493. 495 to 498/JP/2025 Sh. Mahendra Ku…

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