Assessing Officer solely based on statements of Directors recorded during a search operation conducted under section 132 on assessee, made addition under section 68 without probing deeper into income tax returns of creditor companies and without scrutinizing documents furnished by assessee to prove genuineness of such credits. On appeal Tribunal deleted the addition. High Court affirmed the order of the Tribunal.
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S. 68 : Cash credits-Search-Statement of director-Deletion of addition is held to be justified. [S. 132, 153A]