Tumkur Minerals Pvt. Ltd. v .JCIT (2023) 330 CTR 177/ 291 Taxman 340 (Bom)( HC)

S.147: Reassessment – After the expiry of four years – No failure to disclose material facts – What material facts are not disclosed is not pointed out -Notice and order disposing the objection was quashed. [S.147, 148, Art , 226 ]

The Assessing officer  in the reasons recorded has not mentioned what material facts were not disclosed by the assessee during the course of assessment proceedings and has simply recorded the amount of income which has escaped tax and the department has by affidavit sought to state what material facts were not disclosed which is impermissible. Even if the reasons are taken holistically, what material facts are not disclosed is not pointed out and therefore the notice is liable to be quashed. ( AY. 2012 -13