AO entitled to draw inferences if assessee fail to offer satisfactory explanation

Sudarsanan P. S. Vs CIT  (Kerala High Court)

The last question that was argued by Adv.Arun Raj related to the claim under Section 69C of the Act for the payment of Rs.3,26,380/-. As mentioned earlier, when satisfactory explanation is not offered by the assessee, the assessing officer is entitled to draw inferences. The expenditure to the extent mentioned above was not found by the assessing officer to be on the basis of any known sources of income. The Tribunal as a final fact finding authority came to the conclusion that in the absence of any details furnished by the assessee, the conclusion of the assessing officer that the above referred amount was incurred out of undisclosed sources cannot be faulted.