Indrani Sunil Pillai v. ACIT ( Mum)(Trib) www.itatonline.org

S. 271(1)(c) : Penalty – Concealment -Satisfaction was not recorded in absolute term – levy of penalty was held to be not justified . [ S. 274 ]

Allowing the appeal of the assesse the Tribunal held that ; if the AO has not recorded any satisfaction in absolute terms whether the assessee has concealed particulars of income or has furnished inaccurate particulars of income, the levy of penalty is invalid. The judgement of the Bombay High Court in Maharaj Garage cannot be read out of context or in a manner to mean that there is no need for mentioning the specific limb of section 271(1)(c) of the Act for which the penalty was intended to be imposed, as such issue never came up for consideration before the High Court. ( ITA No. 1339/mum/2016, dt. 19.01.2018)(AY. 2010-11)