AO cannot assess other escaped income if original reason for reassessment dropped

Whether the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal was right in law in coming to the conclusion that when on the ground on which the reopening of assessment is based, no additions are made by the Assessing Officer in the order of assessment, he cannot make additions on some other grounds which did not form part of the reasons recorded by him.

For an Assessing Officer to assess income on any ground not mentioned in the reasons recorded, it is essential that there is a valid reopening of assessment. If the grounds, on which the reopening of t

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