Sunil Balasubramaniam Shankar. v. ITO (2019) 418 ITR 496 (Mad.)(HC)

S. 69 : Unexplained investments-Use of five credit cards-Failure to prove credit entries–Addition is held to be valid. [S. 131, 260A]

Dismissing  the appeal of the assessee the Court held that despite the opportunity, in a second round of litigation provided by the Tribunal, the assessee failed to prove the credit entries. Apparently, all those transactions were undertaken by third parties on behalf of the assessee himself and therefore, the defence pleaded by the assessee that they were allegedly loans taken by Neelamegan   and repayments made by him to the bank account of the assessee did not inspire confidence. The fact-finding body below had rightly added the amount in the hands of the assessee as unexplained income/expenditure of the assessee. (AY. 2009 10)