BRIGHT SINGH CHELLADURAI,NAGERCOIL vs. INCOME TAX OFFICER, WARD 1, TIRUNELVELI
In the result, appeal filed by the assessee is allowed
ITA 1428/CHNY/2023[2015-16]Status: DisposedITAT Chennai30 Apr 2024AY 2015-16
Bench: Shri Aby T. Varkey & Shri S.R.Raghunathaआयकर अपील सं./Ita No.1428/Chny/2023 िनधा"रण वष"/Assessment Year: 2015-16 V. Bright Singh Chelladurai, The Income Tax Officer, No.5, Nanthanial Street, Ward-1, Nagercoil, Tirunelveli. Kanyakumari-629 001. [Pan: Atvpb 0028 K] (अपीलाथ"/Appellant) (""यथ"/Respondent)
For Appellant: Shri Raghav Rajeev MenonFor Respondent: Shri D. Hema Bhupal, JCIT
Section 144Section 148Section 271ASection 271BSection 44A
case where an assessee has furnished no return at all before the Income Tax Officer, it should be presumed for the purposes of Section 28(1)(b) that he has furnished a return of his income intimating the Income Tax Officer that his income is nil It seems ... clear requirement of the provisions of this sub-section is that an assessee on whom a penalty is proposed to be imposed under Section 28(1)(b) should have in the first instance furnished his return. That, in my opinion, is the ordinary and grammatical meaning of the words occurring