Court held that there was no consideration whatsoever of the information provided by the assessee in the context of its claim. This was a case of no consideration as opposed to mere inadequate consideration. This was a clear case of non-application of mind to the material on record, without even going into the issue whether the material supplied by the assessee was adequate or inadequate to determine its claim for deduction under section 10B. The circumstance that for certain subsequent assessment years the claim of the assessee for deduction under section 10B of the Act was allowed by the Tribunal was not strictly speaking relevant to determining whether the revision jurisdiction was correctly invoked. Firstly, the view taken by the Tribunal had till date, not attained finality. Secondly, the view was in the context of the subsequent assessment years. It was possible that for a given assessment year the assessee did not fulfil the prerequisites for claiming the deduction under section 10B. From the material on record, it was not possible to say that the Commissioner, in this case, had acted under dictation from any extraneous authority. Although the Commissioner, in invoking revision jurisdiction, had made reference to the report of the Serious Fraud Investigation Office. However, that did not mean that the Commissioner had acted under dictation. Therefore, any subsequent and allegedly changed report of the Serious Fraud Investigation Office would not dent the exercise of jurisdiction by the Commissioner under section 263. The Commissioner was correct in setting aside the assessment order. Followed Rampyari Devi Saraogi v. CIT (1968) 67 ITR 84 (SC). (AY. 2006-07, 2007-08)
Sesa Starlite Ltd. v. CIT (2021) 430 ITR 121/318 CTR 197/ 277 Taxman 443/ 206 DTR 315 (Bom.)(HC)
S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue- Queries raised but order without application of mind and consideration of material provided- Revision of order is held to be valid. [S. 10B]