Entire purchases cannot be treated as bogus for mere non-production of dealers

Shalimar Wire Agency Vs Dy. CIT (ITAT Mumbai) It is very much apparent from the assessment order that the basis for treating the purchases made by the Assessee from certain parties as mentioned in the assessment orders is only the information obtained by the Assessing Officer from Sales Tax department. We find that this information was not parted to the Assessee by the Assessing Officer. It is also not known as to what kind of information Assessing Officer has got from the Sales Tax department relating to the present Assessee before us. Solely based on this information obtained from Sales Tax ...