| COURT: | ITAT Delhi |
| CORAM: | C. M. Garg (JM), N. K. Billaiya (AM) |
| SECTION(S): | 147, 148, 151 |
| GENRE: | Domestic Tax |
| CATCH WORDS: | Reopening of assessment, sanction |
| COUNSEL: | Suresh K. Gupta |
| DATE: | August 6, 2018 (Date of pronouncement) |
| DATE: | August 10, 2018 (Date of publication) |
| AY: | 2009-10 |
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| S. 147/ 151: (i) Sanction granted by writing "Yes, I am satisfied" is not sufficient to comply with the requirement of s. 151 because it means that the approving authority has recorded satisfaction in a mechanical manner and without application of mind, (ii) If information is received from investigation wing that assessee was beneficiary of accommodation entries but no further inquiry was undertaken by AO, said information cannot be said to be tangible material per se and, thus, reassessment on said basis is not justified (All imp judgements referred) | |
This shows that the AO proceeded to initiate reassessment proceedings on the basis of borrowed satisfaction without any application of mind and exercise on the information received from the Investigation Wing of the Department. Therefore, we have no hesitation to hold that the AO proceeded to initiate reassessment proceedings u/s. 147 of the Act and to issue notice u/s. 148 of the Act on the basis of borrowed satisfaction and without any application of mind and examination of the so called material and information received from the investigation wing to establish any nexus, even prima facie, with the such information
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