Case Law Details
PCIT Vs Gautam Bhalla (Delhi High Court)
Appellant states that the ITAT has erred in holding that the addition which was not based on incriminating material found during the search, could not be made the basis for an assessment order under section 153A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 without going into merits of the same.
High Court finds that both the CIT(A) and the ITAT have given concurrent findings of fact that no incriminating evidence/material had been found during the search. The ITAT also recorded that the present case of the Respondent was of non-abated assessment.
High Court in Principal Commissioner of Income Tax vs. Bhadani Financiers Pvt. Ltd., 2021 SCC OnLine Del 4430 has held that where the assessment of the Respondents had attained finality prior to the date of search and no incriminating documents or materials had been found and seized at the time of search, no addition could be made under Section 153A of the Act as the cases of the Respondents were of non-abated assessment.
High Court is of the view that no substantial question of law arises for consideration in the present appeal. Accordingly, the present appeal is dismissed.
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