Uttam Chand Jain v. CIT

320 ITR 554High Court2010#5261 most cited

What is Uttam Chand Jain v. CIT authority for?

An addition to income cannot be made on mere suspicion or presumption. There must be tangible material and evidence on record to support any addition made by the Assessing Officer.

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Uttam Chand Jain · CIT vs. Uttamchand Jain · 320 ITR 554 · addition cannot be made on assumption basis · material on record as evidence for addition · addition made on basis of presumption cannot be sustained

Issues it is cited on

Judgments citing Uttam Chand Jain v. CIT

Addl CIT RG 24(2), Mumbai vs. Saraswati Developers, Mumbai

In the result, the Revenue’s appeal is allowed for statistical purposes

ITA 8337/MUM/2010[2006-07]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai09 Aug 2016AY 2006-07

Bench: Shri Sanjay Arora, Am & Shri Pawan Singh, Jm आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No. 8337/Mum/2010 ("नधा"रण वष" / Assessment Year: 2006-07) Dy. Cit-24(2), Saraswati Developers Room No. 601, 6Th Floor, 54/55, Rani Sati Marg, बनाम/ Pratyakshakar Bhavan, Malad (E), Mumbai-400 097 Bandra-Kurla Complex, Vs. Bandra (E), Mumbai-400 051 "थायी लेखा सं./जीआइआर सं./Pan/Gir No. Aaofs 5105 N (अपीलाथ" /Appellant) (""यथ" / Respondent) : अपीलाथ" क" ओर से / Appellant By : Shri Kailash Gaikwad ""यथ" क" ओर से/Respondent By : Shri Viraj Shah

For Appellant: Shri Kailash GaikwadFor Respondent: Shri Viraj Shah
Section 133(6)Section 143(3)Section 68

…A.O. had made no independent enquiry and neither is there any confession by the creditors, who stood paid in the subsequent years through account payee cheque/s. Accordingly, the addition was directed to be deleted, relying on CIT vs. Uttam Chand Jain [2010] 320 ITR 554 (Bom) and CIT vs. Kiran Deepak Kukreja [2010] 190 Taxmann 393 (Bom). 4 Dy. CIT vs. Saraswati Developers 3. Before us, while the Revenue pleaded that the assessee had not been able to prove the impugned credits in terms of section 68 of the Act, relying on the decisions in the case of CIT vs. Precision Finance (P) Ltd. [1994] 208 ITR 465 (Cal); C…