M/S. YASHASWI FISH MEAL AND OIL COMPANY,UDUPI vs. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX, CENTRAL CIRCLE-1, MANGALORE
In the result, all the appeals of the assessee are partly allowed
ITA 65/BANG/2023[2015-16]Status: DisposedITAT Bangalore01 Sept 2023AY 2015-16
Bench: Shri Chandra Poojari & Smt. Beena Pillai
For Appellant: Shi V. Srinivasan, A.RFor Respondent: Shri D.K. Mishra, D.R
Section 131Section 132(4)Section 133ASection 143Section 143(1)Section 143(3)Section 147Section 148
147 is only based on factually incorrect statement recorded u/s 131 which is not corroborated by any evidences.
Thus, such factually incorrect statement cannot form a belief of income escaping assessment much less cannot be a sole evidence for assessment.
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Further, he drew our attention to the retracted statement filed before the authorities on 14.2.2018, which reads as follows