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When AO, who is both an adjudicator as well as an investigator, is acting in a quasi judicial capacity, it is his perception which counts and not that of CIT sitting in revisionary proceedings. It is not an error on the part of the AO not to conduct any inquiry into the accounts the way CIT wants it in exercise of his power under section 263. Full Article

Under Indian tax regime, disputed taxes amounting to hundreds of crores is collected by the state, goods worth crores of rupees is confiscated by the state, penalties worth hundred of crores are imposed on citizens by the state through the process of departmental adjudication. I was thinking whether there is any procedure, which the adjudicator is required to follow before he can demand a tax of crores of rupess or deprive people of their property by confiscating goods o.. Full Article