Allowing the appeal of the assessee the Court held that the Appellate Tribunal had not considered the assessee’s application seeking leave to produce additional evidence at the stage of appeal by it. This amounted to failure to exercise jurisdiction which was vested in the Tribunal by virtue of the provisions in rule 29 of the 1963 Rules. Upon exercise of such jurisdiction, thereafter, it was open to the Tribunal to examine whether the application made by the assessee fulfilled the parameters of rule 29 of the Rules, 1963 or whether something was required to be said as regards the documents that were sought to be produced at the appellate stage. There was no discussion on whether such material could be admitted in evidence at the appellate stage and thereafter considered. The order of the Tribunal was to be set aside and the matter was to be remanded to the Tribunal for consideration of the assessee’s application seeking leave to produce additional evidence before the Tribunal. Matter remanded.
Braganza Construction Pvt. Ltd. v. ACIT (2020)425 ITR 115 / 193 DTR 332 (Panaji ) (Bom)(HC )
S.254(1): Appellate Tribunal – Duties – Additional evidence —Failure by Appellate Tribunal to exercise jurisdiction vested in it — Matter Remanded to Appellate Tribunal [ S.69C 260A ATR, 1963 , R.29 ]