The law is well settled that a person who claims exemption or concession has to establish that he is entitled to that exemption or concession. A provision providing for an exemption, concession or exception, as the case may be, has to be constructed strictly with certain exceptions depending upon the settings on which the provisions has been placed in the statue and the object and purpose to be achieved.
Explore the Supreme Court judgment in the case of Sumati Dayal vs. CIT (Commissioner of Income Tax) and understand whether the apparent can be considered as real. The judgment emphasizes the application of the test of human probabilities and surrounding circumstances in taxation matters. Learn about the key findings of the court, the relevance of the case in assessing income, and the caution against the indiscriminate application of the judgment in various scenarios.
In the Supreme Court of India. CIT west Bengal filed appeal before SC against the order of High Court and SC delivered judgement on 27.8.1971. The name of the assessee was Sh. Durga Parshad More.
An assessment under section 23(3) of the Act cannot be made only on bare suspcion. An assessment so made without disclosing to the assessee the information supplied by the departmental representative and without giving any opportunity to the assessee to rebut the information so supplied and declining to take into consideration all materials which the assesses wanted to produce in support of his case constitutes a violation of the fundamental rules of justice and calls for the powers under Art. 136 of the Constitution.
