ITAT imposes penalty on appellant for not appearing before AO & CIT(A)

Tariqrashid M. Munshi Vs I.T.O (ITAT Ahmedabad)

ITAT held that assessee deserve to be penalized for non-appearance before theCIT (A) and Assessing Officer and  imposes penalty of Rs. 5000/- upon the assessee and instructed him to deposit the same in the Income Tax Office before the commencement of his proceedings before the AO.

FULL TEXT OF THE ITAT JUDGEMENT

The captioned appeal has been filed at the instance of the Assessee against the order of the Learned Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) Ahmedabad-5, dated 03/01/2017 (in short “Ld.CIT(A)”) arising in the matter of assessment order passed under s. 144 r.w.s 147 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (here-in-after referred to as “the Act”) dated 12/02/2016 relevant to the Assessment Year 2012-2013.

The assessee has raised the following grounds of appeal.

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