Sanjay Kaul v. PCIT (2020) 427 ITR 63 / 274 Taxman 301/ 119 taxmann.com 470 / 193 DTR 57 / 316 CTR 337 (Delhi)(HC) Editorial : Order in is approved , Sanjay Kaul. v. ITO (2020) 181 ITD 146 / 206 TTJ 176 (Delhi) (Trib.).

S. 70 : Set off of loss – One source against income from another source – Tax Avoidance -Same head of income – Penny stock- Capital gains-Short-term capital loss —Beneficiary of bogus accommodation entries —Disallowance proper [ S. 4, 45 ,68, 69C 115BBEE ]

Dismissing the appeal the Court held that the involvement of the assessee in the entire chain of generating bogus entries of long-term capital gains and short- term capital loss was taken into consideration by the Assessing Officer. The evidence in the form of testimonies of persons in charge of the management and control of the penny stock companies was also taken into account. Such evidence formed the basis for the Assessing Officer to conclude that the short-term capital gains claimed by the assessee were not genuine or market driven but a prearranged transaction noted in the accounts of the assessee in lieu of unaccounted cash. Though the Tribunal had held that the provision of section 68 was not attracted, the Tribunal had still sustained the additions holding that the short-term capital loss should be disallowed as it resulted from bogus transactions. The finding was based on consideration of the entire evidence on record. In view of the concurrent findings arrived at by the authorities below and with no tenable evidence with the assessee to the contrary, no substantial question of law arose.( AY.2015-16)