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ITAT Upholds Addition for Bogus LTCG from Penny Stocks

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad confirms Section 68 addition of ₹93.92 lakh for bogus LTCG from Kushal Tradelink shares, rejecting the appeal bas...

November 9, 2025 2448 Views 0 comment Print

Penny Stocks and Legal Framework: Strengthening Revenue’s Position

Income Tax : Penny stocks, often associated with small, illiquid companies, have been a subject of concern due to their susceptibility to price...

March 28, 2025 1359 Views 0 comment Print

Fetters on Principle of Natural Justice in Penny Stock Cases

Income Tax : Introduction: The assessee has been taking a common argument against the addition on account of penny stock. The said argument rev...

August 16, 2020 4638 Views 2 comments Print

Judgments in Favour of Revenue in Penny Stock Cases

Income Tax : The provision for exemption of long term capital gains from shares requiring payment of securities transaction tax has been taken ...

December 10, 2019 23415 Views 1 comment Print

Human Probability Scores over Evidence

Income Tax : It is a very well-known fact that High court only entertains question of law and Income tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) is the last ...

May 13, 2019 6651 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 68 Addition Deleted as Earlier Accepted Shares Can’t Be Held Bogus: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : ITAT ruled that genuine sale proceeds supported by books, bank records and purchaser details cannot be treated as unexplained cash...

July 1, 2026 2217 Views 0 comment Print

Ahmedabad ITAT Deletes Bogus LTCG Addition; Independent Enquiry Essential

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that an Investigation Wing report alone cannot justify an addition under Section 68 without independent verific...

June 27, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

Penny Stock LTCG Allegation Rejected as Revenue Produced No Assessee-Specific Evidence

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the addition under Section 68 could not be sustained because the assessee produced complete documentary evi...

June 23, 2026 339 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Bogus LTCG Addition in absence of Independent Inquiry & Corresponding Bank Credits

Income Tax : The ITAT held that the Assessing Officer failed to produce any material establishing a connection between the assessee and the all...

June 23, 2026 423 Views 0 comment Print

Bogus LTCG Addition Sustained as Tribunal Finds Evidence of Fabricated Share Purchase Records

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT sustained the addition arising from the sale of listed shares after finding discrepancies in purchase records, incl...

June 14, 2026 906 Views 0 comment Print


No Addition based on mere sworn statement if not corroborated by independent evidence

September 7, 2023 8703 Views 0 comment Print

Analyzing ITAT Bangalore’s ruling in Yashaswi Fish Meal and Oil Company Vs DCIT, exploring the role of sworn statements in tax assessments.

In absence of Direct Evidence Share Trading Loss cannot be treated as Bogus

August 5, 2023 2325 Views 0 comment Print

Raigarh Jute & Textile Mills Ltd triumphs as ITAT Kolkata rules share trading loss genuine. Detailed analysis reveals weak circumstantial evidence.

Bombay HC: No Addition for Penny Stock – Documentary Evidence

July 20, 2023 4674 Views 0 comment Print

Analyze the case of PCIT Vs Indravadan Jain, HUF in the Bombay High Court, where the issue of addition u/s 68 for penny stock transactions was examined. Discover how documentary evidence played a crucial role in the court’s decision.

ITAT upholds addition under section 68 for bogus LTCG from penny stocks

July 15, 2023 3306 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Kolkata has dismissed the appeal of Rohit Agarwal against the order of the Ld. CIT(A)-10, Kolkata. The appeal challenged the addition of Rs. 46,97,718/- as unexplained cash credit under section 68 of the Income Tax Act. The tribunal upheld the decision of the revenue authorities, stating that the transactions in question involved penny stocks and were held to be bogus by the Calcutta High Court.

LTCG from sale of shares of 21st Century Finance Ltd. is genuine: ITAT Indore

June 1, 2023 2055 Views 0 comment Print

JCIT vs Amandeep Singh Bhatia: ITAT Indore dismisses revenue’s appeal, affirming CIT(A)’s deletion of Rs. 2,48,02,084/- addition as income from other sources. Detailed analysis provided.

LTCG on sale of equity shares of Lifeline Drugs and Pharma Ltd. is not genuine: ITAT Indore

February 10, 2023 2289 Views 0 comment Print

Rupesh Vyas Vs ACIT (ITAT Indore) Feeling aggrieved by appeal-order dated 20.09.2018 passed by learned Commissioner of Income-Tax (Appeals)-1, Indore [“Ld. CIT(A)”], which in turn arises out of assessment-order dated 15.12.2016 passed by the learned ACIT-3(1), Indore [“Ld. AO”] u/s 143(3) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 [the Act] for Assessment-Year 2014-15, the assessee has filed […]

Share transaction through banking channels on stock exchange with STT payment not bogus

January 29, 2023 1677 Views 0 comment Print

The fact that shares were traded on stock exchange after paying securities transaction tax, and that money had been received through banking channels only demonstrated that they were not bogus transactions.

Addition for LTCG on Sale of Penny Stock without Cogent evidence is invalid

December 26, 2022 2115 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT Vs Karuna Garg (Delhi High Court) PCIT states that ITAT has erred in deleting the additions on account of bogus Long-Term Capital Gain on sale of penny stock company namely M/s Goldline International Finvest Ltd. on the ground that the assessing officer has not made independent enquiry. ITAT held that In the absence of […]

ITAT upheld addition for LTCG of accommodation/bogus entries through penny stock companies

November 16, 2022 3372 Views 0 comment Print

Manish Goel Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) ITAT find that in the case of Swati Bajaj (supra), the facts before the Hon’ble Jurisdictional High Court, were that the assessee has claimed exempt income under section 10(38) of the Act at Rs.28,23,500/- from sale of equity shares of a listed company namely Surabhi Chemicals & Investment Limited. […]

HC upheld re-assessment proceeding against alleged bogus LTCG

October 28, 2022 2205 Views 0 comment Print

Vikas Jain Vs ITO (Delhi High Court) In view of the report of DDIT (Inv.) Unit-7(1) and 7(3) Mumbai, shared with the AO which suggests that the LTCG earned by the petitioner in AY 2014-15 was bogus and since, the said LTCG was claimed as exempt income, the AO at this stage, concluded that the […]

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