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In the result, both the appeals filed by the assessee are partly allowed for statistical purposes
Bench: Shri Manomohan Das & Shri Rakesh Mishra
31. This Court is of the view that though under Section 271AAA(1) of the Act 1961, the Assessing Officer has the discretion to levy penalty, yet this discretionary power is not unfettered, unbridled and uncanalised. Discretion means sound discretion guided by law. It must be governed by rule, not by humour, it must not be arbitrary, vague and fanciful