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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 2361 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 1224 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 4602 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 23295 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 6540 Views 0 comment Print


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ITAT Quashes Reassessment as AO Changed Reason from Fake Loan Entries to Penny Stock LTCG

Income Tax : The ITAT Ahmedabad held that reassessment under Section 147 was invalid because the Assessing Officer reopened the case for fictit...

May 17, 2026 3177 Views 0 comment Print

5-Day Share Trade Cannot Automatically Become ‘Bogus Penny Stock’: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that a genuine share transaction resulting in a short-term loss cannot automatically be treated as a make-belie...

May 16, 2026 1872 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Surat Upholds Bogus LTCG Addition on Sunrise Asian Penny Stock, Applies ‘Human Probability’ Test

Income Tax : The ITAT Surat held that abnormal price rise in a penny stock and surrounding circumstances justified treating claimed LTCG as une...

May 15, 2026 303 Views 0 comment Print

SC Allowed LTCG Exemption as Revenue Failed to Prove Penny Stock Manipulation

Income Tax : The courts upheld LTCG exemption under Section 10(38) after finding that the Revenue failed to produce evidence linking the assess...

May 14, 2026 1065 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Invalid as AO Had Only ‘Reason to Suspect’ and Not ‘Reason to Believe’ in Bogus LTCG Case

Income Tax : The High Court ruled that reopening under Sections 147 and 148 was unsustainable because the Assessing Officer’s reasons amounte...

May 14, 2026 408 Views 0 comment Print


ITAT explains Basic modus of providing bogus LTCG- Upheld addition

January 14, 2022 6393 Views 0 comment Print

Abhinav Agarwal Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) Snapshot of Basic modus of providing bogus LTCG 1. Merger of Unlisted companies with Listed Entity: This is the most preferred option for the persons willing to operate for the purpose of doing Long Term capital Gains. In case of the mergers with listed companies, the merger petition has […]

ITAT allows LTCG exemption on shares of ‘Unisys Software’

January 4, 2022 2370 Views 0 comment Print

Vasantlal Nyalchand Kikavat Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) The case was reopened pursuant to receipt of certain information from investigation wing, Kolkata wherein it was alleged that the assessee was beneficiary of bogus Long-Term Capital gains (LTCG) by dealing in a scrip namely M/s Unisys Software & Holding Industries Ltd. (in short ‘Unisys’). Accordingly, the case […]

ITAT deletes addition for alleged Bogus LTCG on Penny Stock

September 24, 2021 8145 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Sanjay Singal Vs DCIT (ITAT Chandigarh) Addition of Rs. 61.86 Crore in 9 Appeals on Account of Bogus Long Term Capital Gain U/S 10(38) Claimed Deleted on Facts of Alleged Penny Scrip of PIL (Praneta Industries Ltd) and Revenue Rule 29 Application Containing Fir Filed by ED Against Companies of Bhushan Group & Statement […]

ITAT upheld Section 68 addition of LTCG in Penny Shares

June 28, 2021 2886 Views 0 comment Print

Vinay Kumar Dhingra (HUF) Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) Contention of Assessee:  1. The assessee fulfills all conditions specified u/s. 10(38) 2. Though the purchase of securities are off market, the sale of shares was made online on which STT has been duly paid. 3. The shares were held for approximately 18 to 20 months 4. […]

LTCG cannot be treated as Bogus merely on information from investigation wing

June 8, 2021 5493 Views 0 comment Print

Jayesh Shantilal Vira Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) Addition u/s 10(38) on alleged bogus Long Term Capital Gain (LTCG) deleted where no further verification made by AO except solely reliance on information from investigation wing. ITAT held that the long term capital gain on the sale of shares of M/s. Blue Circle Services Ltd. is not […]

ITAT deletes addition for LTCG made without Independent Verification

June 7, 2021 1647 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai ruling on Anusmriti Sarkar vs ITO case. Analysis of LTCG from Kailash Auto Finance Scrip, added without independent verification. Get insights into key decisions.

No disallowance can be made merely for Investment in Penny Stock

April 15, 2021 2091 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Kamal Kishore Soni Vs ITO (ITAT Hyderabad) Assessee has made the investment in the shares of Rockon Fintech in the year 2008-09 whereas the report of the investigation wing is dated 16.3.2018. Therefore, the argument of the assessee’s counsel that the assessee could not have known that Rockon Fintech is a penny stock company […]

LTCG cannot be treated as Unexplained Cash Credits merely for astronomical increase in price of shares

April 6, 2021 1680 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Mukesh Mittal Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) The assessment order clearly shows that the AO has merely reproduced the modus operandi of the entry providers who booked bogus long term capital gains through penny stock companies. The show cause notice dated 2.12.2016 issued by the AO during the assessment proceedings and the findings of the […]

AO cannot treat LTCG as Bogus by treating a company as penny stock company without any evidence

April 6, 2021 4410 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Shivani Gupta (ITAT Delhi) The A.O. in this case noted that assessee has sold the shares of Shilpi Cable Technologies Ltd., and claimed exempt under section 10(38) of the I.T. Act of the impugned amount. The A.O. merely declared this company to be penny stock company without bringing any evidence on record. Though […]

AO cannot treat LTCG as Bogus merely on SEBI investigation report

March 1, 2021 3282 Views 0 comment Print

Kiran Kumar Vs ACIT (ITAT Chennai) The AO disallowed the exemption claimed u/s.10(38) solely based on the investigation report by SEBI pertaining to certain cases based from Kolkatta wherein share prices rigged substantially over a period of time. Merely on suspicion and surmises, this disallowance was made without any corroborative evidence. The AO failed to […]

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