Reopening by merely quoting Insight portal information is invalid

Anwar Mohammed Shaikh Vs ACIT (Bombay High Court) The impugned notice, other than merely quoting that the Insight portal contains information as stated by the Assessing Officer in his reasons for the re­opening, does not further investigate the information or come to an independent assessment connecting the petitioner to the particular transactions specified in the information. The entire notice proceeds on the basis of suspicion that the petitioner has entered into the fictitious transactions of the script M/s. Confidence Finance & Trading Ltd. The Assessing Officer has not even bothered...