PRAKASH NATH KHANNA vs. COMMNR OF INCOME TAX
Crl.A. No.-001260-001261 - 1997Supreme Court16 Feb 2004
For Respondent: Commissioner of Income Tax and Anr
Section 139(1)Section 139(4)Section 143(3)Section 271(1)(a)Section 276Section 276C
delay in filing a return
without contumacious conduct and
mens rea being established could
not make the petitioner liable
for prosecution.
6. Petitioner having been
subjected to levy of interest
under Section 139(1) and also to
penalty proceedings under Section
271(1)(a) of the Act, could not
further be prosecuted for the
same defaults.
Per contra, learned counsel